[PATCH v7 0/3] i2c: improve i2c_new_{device|dummy}

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I recently remembered this old series because I needed to add a dummy to the
DA9063 driver, so I had a look at it. I am somewhat sorry for the long delay,
yet the overload of patches is something I am not really responsible for :/

However, the series v6 from December 2017 was mostly OK. I decided to fix the
things I noticed right away, only minor stuff:

* instead of '__' prefix for the new functions, I added an 'errptr' suffix.
  '__' indicates internal use, mostly unlocked flavors. However, these functions
  could be exported somewhen and then it makes sense to have a more descriptive
  name. This also removes the inconsistency that the devm_* variant returned an
  errptr while the non-devm variant returned NULL. Now, the name makes it clear.

* some minor issues/typos in the kernel doc sections

This series does not include converting 'i2c_new_secondary_device' which I plan
to convert (including all users) to use errptr only. And maybe the same for
'i2c_new_probed_device', I am not sure about it yet.

I added a new user of this series, since at24 has changed a bit since back then.
Patch 3 is only for testing. First, this series needs to be applied.

Tested on a Renesas Lager board (R-Car Gen2).

If the feedback is positive, then I plan to create an immutable branch for the
at24- and MFD-trees after next rc1, so stuff can be based on top of it.

Looking forward to comments,

   Wolfram


Heiner Kallweit (2):
  i2c: core: improve return value handling of i2c_new_device and
    i2c_new_dummy
  i2c: core: add device-managed version of i2c_new_dummy

Wolfram Sang (1):
  mfd: da9063: occupy second I2C address, too

 Documentation/driver-model/devres.txt |   3 +
 drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c           | 114 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 drivers/mfd/da9063-i2c.c              |   2 +
 include/linux/i2c.h                   |   3 +
 4 files changed, 109 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

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2.11.0




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