On Mon, Dec 03, 2018 at 11:30:29AM -0600, Dinh Nguyen wrote: > From: Ramiro Oliveira <Ramiro.Oliveira@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > commit bb475230b8e59a547ab66ac3b02572df21a580e9 upstream. > > The *_get_optional_* functions weren't really optional so this patch > makes them really optional. > > These *_get_optional_* functions will now return NULL instead of an error > if no matching reset phandle is found in the DT, and all the > reset_control_* functions now accept NULL rstc pointers. > > Signed-off-by: Ramiro Oliveira <Ramiro.Oliveira@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Philipp Zabel <p.zabel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > Please apply to v4.9.y stable tree. > --- > drivers/reset/core.c | 48 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------- > include/linux/reset.h | 45 +++++++++++++++++++++++----------------- > 2 files changed, 63 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-) What problem is this solving? Why is this suddenly needed now? thanks, greg k-h
