Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: add a keyword entry for the GPIO subsystem

From: Linus Walleij
Date: Thu Oct 17 2024 - 04:27:31 EST


On Thu, Oct 17, 2024 at 9:18 AM Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Every now and then - despite being clearly documented as deprecated -
> the legacy GPIO API is being used in some new drivers in the kernel. Add
> a keyword pattern matching the unwanted functions so that I get Cc'ed
> anytime they're being used and get the chance to object.
>
> Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@xxxxxxxxxx>

Excellent idea. I had to patch out *new* users of the legacy
API in the last merge window. :/
Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx>

Yours,
Linus Walleij