[PATCH] iio: todo: fix typo and refine resource management items

[PATCH] iio: todo: fix typo and refine resource management items

[Sanjay Chitroda]

From: Sanjay Chitroda <sanjayembeddedse@gmail.com>

Fix a typo in the staging documentation path and adjust formatting of
existing entries for readability.

Add TODO items to track conversion of selected drivers to device managed
resource APIs and evaluate usage of cleanup.h helpers for simplifying
resource management.

These updates aim to better reflect ongoing cleanup efforts within the
IIO subsystem.

Signed-off-by: Sanjay Chitroda <sanjayembeddedse@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/iio/TODO | 10 +++++++---
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/iio/TODO b/drivers/iio/TODO
index 2ace27d1ac62..17093cc6c61b 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/TODO
+++ b/drivers/iio/TODO
@@ -5,12 +5,16 @@ Documentation
 tree
   - Yaml conversions for abandoned drivers
   - ABI Documentation
-  - Audit driviers/iio/staging/Documentation
+  - Audit drivers/staging/iio/Documentation
 
-- Converting drivers from device tree centric to more generic
-property handlers.
+- Converting drivers from device tree centric to more generic property handlers.
 
 - Refactor old platform_data constructs from drivers and convert it
 to state struct and using property handlers and readers.
 
+- Convert selected IIO drivers to use fully device managed resource APIs.
+
+- Evaluate and adopt cleanup.h helpers (guard, __free) in drivers where
+  manual resource management is still used.
+
 Mailing list: linux-iio@vger.kernel.org
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Re: [PATCH] iio: todo: fix typo and refine resource management items

[Andy Shevchenko]

On Tue, Jun 02, 2026 at 12:38:36AM +0530, Sanjay Chitroda wrote:
> Fix a typo in the staging documentation path and adjust formatting of
> existing entries for readability.
> 
> Add TODO items to track conversion of selected drivers to device managed
> resource APIs and evaluate usage of cleanup.h helpers for simplifying
> resource management.
> 
> These updates aim to better reflect ongoing cleanup efforts within the
> IIO subsystem.

...

> +- Evaluate and adopt cleanup.h helpers (guard, __free) in drivers where

(guard()(), __free(), et cetera)

> +  manual resource management is still used.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko

Re: [PATCH] iio: todo: fix typo and refine resource management items

[Jonathan Cameron]

On Tue,  2 Jun 2026 00:38:36 +0530
Sanjay Chitroda <sanjayembeddedse@gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Sanjay Chitroda <sanjayembeddedse@gmail.com>
> 
> Fix a typo in the staging documentation path and adjust formatting of
> existing entries for readability.
> 
> Add TODO items to track conversion of selected drivers to device managed
> resource APIs and evaluate usage of cleanup.h helpers for simplifying
> resource management.
> 
> These updates aim to better reflect ongoing cleanup efforts within the
> IIO subsystem.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sanjay Chitroda <sanjayembeddedse@gmail.com>

Hmm. Sometimes I regret having this TODO when too many patches are coming in.
I guess it's still a useful document as otherwise we would just get the question
a lot.

> ---
>  drivers/iio/TODO | 10 +++++++---
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/iio/TODO b/drivers/iio/TODO
> index 2ace27d1ac62..17093cc6c61b 100644
> --- a/drivers/iio/TODO
> +++ b/drivers/iio/TODO
> @@ -5,12 +5,16 @@ Documentation
>  tree
>    - Yaml conversions for abandoned drivers
>    - ABI Documentation
> -  - Audit driviers/iio/staging/Documentation
> +  - Audit drivers/staging/iio/Documentation
>  
> -- Converting drivers from device tree centric to more generic
> -property handlers.
> +- Converting drivers from device tree centric to more generic property handlers.
Drop the 'more' 
>  
>  - Refactor old platform_data constructs from drivers and convert it
>  to state struct and using property handlers and readers.
>  
> +- Convert selected IIO drivers to use fully device managed resource APIs.

Mostly I'm fine with this one, but I hope adding it to the todo list doesn't
get lots of new folk taking this on. It is something that requires a non
trivial understanding of the driver in some cases!

> +
> +- Evaluate and adopt cleanup.h helpers (guard, __free) in drivers where
> +  manual resource management is still used.
Can we rephrase,

 - Evaluate and possibly adopt cleanup.h helpers (guard, __free) in drivers
   where manual resource management is still used and there is a significant
   improvement to the code flow and complexity to be had.

> +
>  Mailing list: linux-iio@vger.kernel.org