On 1/19/22 2:33 PM, Uwe Kleine-König wrote: [...] >>>>> A possible compromise: We can have both. We rename >>>>> platform_get_irq_optional() to platform_get_irq_silent() (or >>>>> platform_get_irq_silently() if this is preferred) and once all users are >>>>> are changed (which can be done mechanically), we reintroduce a >>>>> platform_get_irq_optional() with Sergey's suggested semantic (i.e. >>>>> return 0 on not-found, no error message printking). >>>> >>>> Please do not do that as anyone trying to forward-port an old driver >>>> will miss the abi change of functionality and get confused. Make >>>> build-breaking changes, if the way a function currently works is >>>> changed in order to give people a chance. >>> >>> Fine for me. I assume this is a Nack for Sergey's patch? >> >> Which patch do you mean? I'm starting to get really muddled... :-( > > I'm talking about "[PATCH 1/2] platform: make > platform_get_irq_optional() optional" I thought GregKH was talking about your renaming patch... :-/ > because "trying to forward-port an > old driver will miss the abi" applies to it. Mhm... why not tell me right from the start? Jr even tell that to Andy instead of merging his patch, so I wouldn't get sucked into this work? I wouldn't bother with v2 and it would have saved a lot of time spent on email... :-( Do we also remember that "the stable API is a nonsense" thing? :-) > Best regards > Uwe MBR, Sergey