[PATCH 02/16] drivers: reset: Handle gracefully NULL pointers

Kishon Vijay Abraham I kishon at ti.com
Mon Mar 22 06:11:49 CET 2021


Hi Simon,

On 12/03/21 10:15 am, Simon Glass wrote:
> Hi Kishon,
> 
> On Tue, 9 Mar 2021 at 05:27, Kishon Vijay Abraham I <kishon at ti.com> wrote:
>>
>> From: Jean-Jacques Hiblot <jjhiblot at ti.com>
>>
>> Prepare the way for a managed reset API by handling NULL pointers without
>> crashing nor failing.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Jean-Jacques Hiblot <jjhiblot at ti.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Vignesh Raghavendra <vigneshr at ti.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Kishon Vijay Abraham I <kishon at ti.com>
>> ---
>>  drivers/reset/reset-uclass.c | 30 +++++++++++++++++-------------
>>  1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
> 
> Why do you want this? This patch is missing the motivation which
> should be at the start of the commit message.

This is for "optional" reset controllers used by peripheral drivers.
This will help avoid adding checks in peripheral drivers.

Thanks
Kishon


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