Re: [libgpiod][PATCH 0/6] treewide: another bunch of cleanups for v2.0

[Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@xxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Mar 9, 2021 at 2:26 PM Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> From: Bartosz Golaszewski <bgolaszewski@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Kent suggested I send the patches for v2.0 API in smaller batches for earlier
> review instead of dropping a huge patch bomb that will require more work from
> my side and may later be negatively reviewed so here's a hopefully the last
> part of cleanups that can go into master already before first patches with the
> new C API will drop.
>
> The idea for the new C API is this: all objects are opaque and refcounted. This
> is why the chip was converted to reference counting. Lines were removed and
> their functionality split into line_info and line_request, this is why I'm
> reworking line lookup to return the HW offset within a chip and not the line
> object. Other patches are mostly cleanups and cruft shave-off.
>
> Bartosz Golaszewski (6):
>   treewide: simplify line lookup
>   tests: remove line bulk test cases
>   core: switch to reference counting for gpio chip objects
>   treewide: remove is_requested() and is_free()
>   treewide: kill line updating
>   core: hide the GPIOD_API symbol
>

If there are no objections, I will apply those soon.

Bart