Re: [PATCH 1/1] gpio: vf610: make irq_chip immutable

[Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Feb 15, 2023 at 12:16 PM Marc Zyngier <maz@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > We fixed quite a few of these now, Marc do you have an idea about
> > how much we have left until we can make immutable the default?
>
> I haven't tracked that, and making it the default would probably mean
> getting rid of the code that patches the irqchip structures. I'd say
> that once -rc1 is out, we replace the polite nag with something
> nastier (WARN_ON() of some sort), and push that into -next.
>
> Leave the warning in place for a couple of releases (until the next
> LTS), and then drop the patching code. The not-so-nice part is that
> that drivers that haven't been fixed will break silently. The good
> side is that these drivers will not have been touched over 2 LTS
> releases, and are thus most likely abandonware.

Hmmm I will take a round and fix some more that are simple and
obvious, I know some that are definitely used but just sees low attention
from users.

Yours,
Linus Walleij