mfd: arizona: Add comment to explain non-devm regulator_get
authorCharles Keepax <ckeepax@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com>
Thu, 19 Jun 2014 15:04:23 +0000 (16:04 +0100)
committerLee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org>
Wed, 9 Jul 2014 13:58:09 +0000 (14:58 +0100)
To avoid someone attempting to change this regulator_get back into a
devm_regulator_get put a comment in explaining that devres can't be used
here as the regulator will be destroyed before devres calls
regulator_put.

Signed-off-by: Charles Keepax <ckeepax@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com>
Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org>
drivers/mfd/arizona-core.c

index 27936fe894345560a4aaf93f72eb63e0c97269ce..b4f22e7b87f2a89650b28b0a308cbda317d68b87 100644 (file)
@@ -683,6 +683,12 @@ int arizona_dev_init(struct arizona *arizona)
                goto err_early;
        }
 
+       /**
+        * Don't use devres here because the only device we have to get
+        * against is the MFD device and DCVDD will likely be supplied by
+        * one of its children. Meaning that the regulator will be
+        * destroyed by the time devres calls regulator put.
+        */
        arizona->dcvdd = regulator_get(arizona->dev, "DCVDD");
        if (IS_ERR(arizona->dcvdd)) {
                ret = PTR_ERR(arizona->dcvdd);