Re: [PATCH v2 3/6] iio: amplifiers: ad8366: refactor device resource management
From: Jonathan Cameron
Date: Thu Jan 29 2026 - 13:40:43 EST
On Wed, 28 Jan 2026 09:31:10 +0000
Rodrigo Alencar <455.rodrigo.alencar@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 26/01/27 11:12PM, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > On Mon, Jan 26, 2026 at 01:51:04PM +0000, Rodrigo Alencar via B4 Relay wrote:
> >
> > > Adhere modern device resource management with the following:
> > > - Voltage regulator managed and enabled internally;
> > > - Proper mutex lifecycle with devm_mutex_init(), replacing mutex_init();
> > > - IIO device registration handled with devm_iio_device_register();
> > > - removal of goto's from the probe function;
> > > - ad8366_remove() removed as it is not needed anymore;
> > >
> > > Also, dev_err_probe() is used to report probe errors with created local
> > > device pointer.
> >
> > And also it uses the temporary dev variable in the cases that are not covered
> > by the above.
> >
> > So, three changes in one patch...
>
> I can split. Using proper devm functions allowed me to drop goto's and
> ad8366_remove(). Dropping the goto's allowed for the usage of
> dev_err_probe().
As general rule I prefer one patch one change, though just occasionally
I'll take the expedient view if a series is otherwise ready to merge
and one change is really really small.
J
>
> I could place the temporary dev variable in a separate patch.
>
> >
> > Dunno if Jonathan is okay with this. I would rather split it.
> > Code wise LGTM.
>
> Yeah I can now see it coming. Thanks for the review.
>