Re: [PATCH RFC 1/6] iio: core: Match iio_device_claim_*() return semantics

[Kurt Borja]

On Thu Dec 4, 2025 at 9:23 AM -05, Nuno Sá wrote:
> On Wed, 2025-12-03 at 14:18 -0500, Kurt Borja wrote:
>> In order to improve API consistency with conditional locks, use
>> true/false return semantics in iio_device_claim_buffer_mode().
>> 
>> This also matches iio_device_claim_direct() return semantics.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Kurt Borja <kuurtb@xxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>
> Even if the rest gets a NACK, I think at least this patch makes sense. In fact I
> would even extend it so that we have the same inline API with proper annotations:
>
> https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.18/source/include/linux/iio/iio.h#L679
>
> So it really has the same semantics as iio_device_claim_direct()

I agree. I will include that here and just call it match semantics.

>
> - Nuno Sá


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 ~ Kurt