Re: [PATCH 12/13] regulator: add pm8008 pmic regulator driver

[Andy Shevchenko]

On Tue, May 7, 2024 at 6:44 PM Johan Hovold <johan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, May 06, 2024 at 10:09:50PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > Mon, May 06, 2024 at 05:08:29PM +0200, Johan Hovold kirjoitti:

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> > > [ johan: rework probe to match new binding, amend commit message and
> > >          Kconfig entry]
> >
> > Wouldn't be better on one line?
>
> Now you're really nit picking. ;) I think I prefer to stay within 72
> columns.

Not really. The tag block is special and the format is rather one
entry per line. This might break some scriptings.

..

> > > +#include <linux/kernel.h>
> >
> > What is this header for?
>
> Probably the ones that are not explicitly included.

Please, remove it, it's a mess nowadays and most of what you need is
available via other headers.

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> >                       return dev_err_probe(...);
>
> Nah, regmap won't trigger a probe deferral.

And it doesn't matter. What we gain with dev_err_probe() is:
- special handling of deferred probe
- unified format of messages in ->probe() stage

The second one is encouraged.

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> > > +MODULE_ALIAS("platform:qcom-pm8008-regulator");
> >
> > Use ID table instead.
>
> No, the driver is not using an id-table for matching so the alias is
> needed for module auto-loading.

Then create one. Added Krzysztof for that. (He is working on dropping
MODULE_ALIAS() in cases like this one)

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko