Re: [PATCH v2 01/10] gpiolib: provide gpiochip_dup_line_label()

From: Bartosz Golaszewski
Date: Fri Dec 01 2023 - 05:55:06 EST


On Thu, Nov 30, 2023 at 5:27 PM Andy Shevchenko
<andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Nov 30, 2023 at 02:46:21PM +0100, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
> > From: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > gpiochip_is_requested() not only has a misleading name but it returns
> > a pointer to a string that is freed when the descriptor is released.
> >
> > Provide a new helper meant to replace it, which returns a copy of the
> > label string instead.
>
> ...
>
> > + * Must not be called from atomic context.
>
> Put the respective lockdep annotation.
>

What are you referring to?

Bart

> ...
>
> > + char *cpy;
>
> So, why not naming it fully, i.e. "copy"?
>
> --
> With Best Regards,
> Andy Shevchenko
>
>