Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] i2c: xiic: switch to generic device property accessors

[Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@intel.com>]

On Thu, Jan 22, 2026 at 11:00:01AM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 22, 2026 at 08:32:31AM +0000, Abdurrahman Hussain via B4 Relay wrote:

...

> > -	i2c = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*i2c), GFP_KERNEL);
> > +	i2c = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*i2c), GFP_KERNEL);
> >  	if (!i2c)
> >  		return -ENOMEM;
> 
> This type of changes should go in a separate patch after this one.

...

> >  	mutex_init(&i2c->lock);
> 
> Please, consider also switching this (in yet another separate patch) to
> devm_mutex_init().

...

> > -	ret = devm_request_threaded_irq(&pdev->dev, irq, NULL,
> > -					xiic_process, IRQF_ONESHOT,
> > -					pdev->name, i2c);
> > +	ret = devm_request_threaded_irq(dev, irq, NULL, xiic_process,
> > +					IRQF_ONESHOT, pdev->name, i2c);
> >  
> >  	if (ret < 0) {
> 
> > -		dev_err_probe(&pdev->dev, ret, "Cannot claim IRQ\n");
> > +		dev_err_probe(dev, ret, "Cannot claim IRQ\n");
> >  		goto err_pm_disable;
> 
> Before doing it, just kill the message, it is a dup since devm_request_*irq*()
> already prints the similar one on the error cases.
> 
> >  	}

...

> So, this patch should be transformed to three

Ah, to four!

(in the following order)

- convert to devm_mutex_init()

> - removing a dup message
> - converting to device propries
> - utilising the temporary 'dev' variable elsewhere

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko