Re: [rfc, PATCH v1 1/1] gpiolib: Get rid of never false gpio_is_valid() calls

[Linus Walleij]

On Wed, Feb 21, 2024 at 10:32 PM Andy Shevchenko
<andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> In the cases when gpio_is_valid() is called with unsigned parameter
> the result is always true in the GPIO library code, hence the check
> for false won't ever be true. Get rid of such calls.
>
> While at it, move GPIO device base to be unsigned to clearly show
> it won't ever be negative. This requires a new definition for the
> maximum GPIO number in the system.
>
> Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Looks right to me:
Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx>

I guess it's related to the patch where we dropped <asm/gpio.h>
and ARCH_NR_GPIOS because after that a lot if the semantics
were removed from this function, but it's not quite a fix more of
a cleanup.

Yours,
Linus Walleij