Re: [PATCH] regulator: change stubbed devm_regulator_get_enable to return Ok

From: Mark Brown
Date: Tue Apr 23 2024 - 01:34:30 EST


On Mon, 22 Apr 2024 09:38:33 +0300, Matti Vaittinen wrote:
> The devm_regulator_get_enable() should be a 'call and forget' API,
> meaning, when it is used to enable the regulators, the API does not
> provide a handle to do any further control of the regulators. It gives
> no real benefit to return an error from the stub if CONFIG_REGULATOR is
> not set.
>
> On the contrary, returning and error is causing problems to drivers when
> hardware is such it works out just fine with no regulator control.
> Returning an error forces drivers to specifically handle the case where
> CONFIG_REGULATOR is not set, making the mere existence of the stub
> questionalble. Furthermore, the stub of the regulator_enable() seems to
> be returning Ok.
>
> [...]

Applied to

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/broonie/regulator.git for-next

Thanks!

[1/1] regulator: change stubbed devm_regulator_get_enable to return Ok
commit: 96e20adc43c4f81e9163a5188cee75a6dd393e09

All being well this means that it will be integrated into the linux-next
tree (usually sometime in the next 24 hours) and sent to Linus during
the next merge window (or sooner if it is a bug fix), however if
problems are discovered then the patch may be dropped or reverted.

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Thanks,
Mark