Re: [PATCH/RFT v2 09/17] regulator: fixed: Add over current event

From: Mark Brown
Date: Mon Oct 24 2016 - 13:53:40 EST


On Mon, Oct 24, 2016 at 06:46:26PM +0200, ahaslam@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> + if (ret) {
> + pr_err("Failed to request irq: %d\n", ret);

dev_err()

> +++ b/include/linux/regulator/consumer.h
> @@ -74,6 +74,10 @@
> * the most noisy and may not be able to handle fast load
> * switching.
> *
> + * OVERCURRENT Regulator has detected an overcurrent condition, and
> + * may be limiting the supply output.
> + *
> + *
> * NOTE: Most regulators will only support a subset of these modes. Some
> * will only just support NORMAL.
> *
> @@ -84,6 +88,7 @@
> #define REGULATOR_MODE_NORMAL 0x2
> #define REGULATOR_MODE_IDLE 0x4
> #define REGULATOR_MODE_STANDBY 0x8
> +#define REGULATOR_MODE_OVERCURRENT 0x10

This is adding a new core feature with a new mode and should have been
split out of the driver specific change with a spearate changelog. Why
does it make sense to report this as a mode, we don't report other error
conditions as modes but instead use REGULATOR_STATUS_ with the
get_status() operation?

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