Re: [PATCH] iio: adc: Nothing in ADC should be a bool CONFIG

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Jonathan,

On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 1:54 PM, Jonathan Cameron <jic23@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 22/04/14 01:03, Doug Anderson wrote:
>>
>> The whole IIO subsystem can be moved to a module.  If you make it a
>> module then stuff marked as "Y" in the adc directory simply won't be
>> linked in properly.
>>
>> The two configs that were wrong were EXYNOS_ADC and LP8788_ADC.  I
>> know for a fact that EXYNOS_ADC will work as a module (though it
>> appears to crash when you unload it--that needs to be addressed
>> separately).
>
> I'd really like to see this pinned down before taking this patch.
> I can see you argument that the current approach is clearly wrong,
> but swapping one issue for another is not an approach I'd particularly
> like to take...
>
> I can't immediately spot the cause of the crash, but there are certainly
> some interesting order issues in this driver.  Not enabling the vdd
> regulator until after the userspace interfaces are exposed (by the
> iio_device_register call) is interesting for a start.
>
> The remove doesn't run in the reverse of the probe order (see clocks
> vs regulators for example.)
>
> Gah, my reviewing for one clearly missed some things in this driver.

OK, fair enough.  I took a quick look and couldn't spot anything
either.  I've requested that Samsung dig into these problems.  If they
are unable to I will take a crack at it as time permits.  ;)

Thanks!

-Doug
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