Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] pwm: core: add consumer device link

[Uwe Kleine-König]

Hello Fabrice,

On Tue, Feb 12, 2019 at 09:31:37AM +0100, Fabrice Gasnier wrote:
> On 2/11/19 8:06 PM, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> > On Mon, Feb 11, 2019 at 05:12:02PM +0100, Fabrice Gasnier wrote:
> >> @@ -943,6 +950,8 @@ struct pwm_device *devm_of_pwm_get(struct device *dev, struct device_node *np,
> >>  	if (!IS_ERR(pwm)) {
> >>  		*ptr = pwm;
> >>  		devres_add(dev, ptr);
> >> +		device_link_add(dev, pwm->chip->dev,
> >> +				DL_FLAG_AUTOREMOVE_CONSUMER);
> > 
> > IMHO it's surprising that devm_of_pwm_get() does more than of_pwm_get()
> > + devres stuff. I'd put device_link_add() into of_pwm_get().
> 
> Hi Uwe,
> 
> I also agree with this. But I think this implies modifying the API for
> of_pwm_get():
>  /**
>   * of_pwm_get() - request a PWM via the PWM framework
> + * @dev: device for PWM consumer
>   * @np: device node to get the PWM from
>   * @con_id: consumer name
> 
> It seems there aren't much of_pwm_get() users currently.
> Does this look sensible ?

In my eyes this looks sensible, yes.

Best regards
Uwe

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