Re: [PATCH 11/11] iio: pressure-core: st: Provide correct regulator support

[Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@metafoo.de>]

On 09/04/2013 03:11 PM, Mark Rutland wrote:
> Hi Lee,
> 
> On Wed, Sep 04, 2013 at 10:31:43AM +0100, Lee Jones wrote:
>> The power to some of the sensors are controlled by regulators. In most
>> cases these are 'always on', but if not they will fail to work until
>> the regulator is enabled using the relevant APIs.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org>
>> ---
>>  drivers/iio/pressure/st_pressure_core.c | 13 +++++++++++++
>>  include/linux/iio/common/st_sensors.h   |  3 +++
>>  2 files changed, 16 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/iio/pressure/st_pressure_core.c b/drivers/iio/pressure/st_pressure_core.c
>> index f452417..7beed89 100644
>> --- a/drivers/iio/pressure/st_pressure_core.c
>> +++ b/drivers/iio/pressure/st_pressure_core.c
>> @@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
>>  #include <linux/iio/sysfs.h>
>>  #include <linux/iio/trigger.h>
>>  #include <linux/iio/buffer.h>
>> +#include <linux/regulator/consumer.h>
>>  #include <asm/unaligned.h>
>>  
>>  #include <linux/iio/common/st_sensors.h>
>> @@ -315,6 +316,15 @@ int st_press_common_probe(struct iio_dev *indio_dev)
>>  	indio_dev->modes = INDIO_DIRECT_MODE;
>>  	indio_dev->info = &press_info;
>>  
>> +	/* Regulator not mandatory, but if requested we should enable it. */
>> +	pdata->regulator = regulator_get(&indio_dev->dev, "vdd");
>> +	if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(pdata->regulator)) {
> 
> Can regulator_get return NULL? As far as I can see, it either returns a
> valid reulator pointer or an ERR_PTR value.
> 
> When you say "if requested", do you mean "if described in the dt"? If
> so, the above doesn't distunguish between a regulator not being listed
> and one failing to be got (e.g. if we got EPROBE_DEFER from
> regulator_get).
> 
> I think this would be better handled with something like Mark Brown's
> suggested regulator_get_optional [1,2].

It can return NULL, but NULL is actually a valid regulator in that case, so
the check should only be IS_ERR. And yes regulator_get_optional is what
should be used here.

- Lars