On Sat, 16 Jun 2012 21:35:39 -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote: > devres functions are the preferred means to allocate resources in hwmon drivers. > Document it. > > Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > Documentation/hwmon/submitting-patches | 3 +++ > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/submitting-patches b/Documentation/hwmon/submitting-patches > index 86f42e8..790f774 100644 > --- a/Documentation/hwmon/submitting-patches > +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/submitting-patches > @@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ increase the chances of your change being accepted. > review more difficult. It may also result in code which is more complicated > than necessary. Use inline functions or just regular functions instead. > > +* Use devres functions whenever possible to allocate resources. For rationale > + and supported functions, please see Documentation/driver-model/devres.txt. > + > * If the driver has a detect function, make sure it is silent. Debug messages > and messages printed after a successful detection are acceptable, but it > must not print messages such as "Chip XXX not found/supported". Acked-by: Jean Delvare <khali@xxxxxxxxxxxx> -- Jean Delvare _______________________________________________ lm-sensors mailing list lm-sensors@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.lm-sensors.org/mailman/listinfo/lm-sensors
