From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from bombadil.infradead.org (bombadil.infradead.org [198.137.202.133]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9E989EA3F3B for ; Tue, 10 Feb 2026 10:44:42 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lists.infradead.org; s=bombadil.20210309; h=Sender:List-Subscribe:List-Help :List-Post:List-Archive:List-Unsubscribe:List-Id:In-Reply-To:Content-Type: MIME-Version:References:Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date:Reply-To: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date: Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Owner; bh=VtWNb7NUdO5bUCDMyQfroR5tgGFvHUsvicqnxM22+PI=; b=xu6fsI3Fqk4gJbFQ5AeKa9Kytx sdHyVs8HRVa5fplzTRhkBlcumtwJwcknnbDGchXLkNgreLYm22s/adZR6d+lCWXtfVMAxiRd3bW7p zzXRoTIOK5+8xQ6Ca869f0U2oLZahApgkNdEzxGDThbtAeO8FpOstzsZE6zFvZzzvCN/lapUtVH9H vT6X6wsgcOK9FobErbbMr6RY70ngOxG6ZQWvbnP4Bphh9ubXwCPGJrOteMP1Rf3hBRY+eoBrqvq3p JlY+BDoaxbEj20U+Zpe9hgORHd9up3SxtlC/TbUwqb7mNm83VL6iXn/YgHCvpMry2zd0tzt4Ba+sF D7pARWsA==; Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=bombadil.infradead.org) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.98.2 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1vplER-0000000Gqgy-1V1i; Tue, 10 Feb 2026 10:44:35 +0000 Received: from zeus03.de ([194.117.254.33] helo=mail.zeus03.de) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.98.2 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1vplEN-0000000Gqfj-2Y5V for linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org; Tue, 10 Feb 2026 10:44:34 +0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= sang-engineering.com; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id :references:mime-version:content-type:in-reply-to; s=k1; bh=VtWN b7NUdO5bUCDMyQfroR5tgGFvHUsvicqnxM22+PI=; b=Ygj+nx5zicnCg4B/9Jjo ymkrXvds95xu+rHV423jWbmfMbIgr2ZgCTevfkAnWZ8IARilWWLpa4CK/wQVXM5x 4w0A8FpsGIvoAQxpkqhXdmYRN0qT43xKzlQ1ykfgou4qtX6Lg9tcBT3ocv3L+8df n1pLf99ijj7d7hTzrn6bF6m7LtzBNM6u1fdqNKGnt5N+oJAYY99m8k/tzSvDYlQ4 ieOIPOpbfZEiorpZhGkdg4dr/vXBFAROteKjLAN1o94Fw3Oi3TQpMAt45wXG+YrD sAp2VOd6rjRXGob9dobJIE+8tFEqCG9UtOAVzHE/ajBCVdIrcAnKfoW+0CsOnkMh kQ== Received: (qmail 345109 invoked from network); 10 Feb 2026 11:44:25 +0100 Received: by mail.zeus03.de with ESMTPSA (TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 encrypted, authenticated); 10 Feb 2026 11:44:25 +0100 X-UD-Smtp-Session: l3s3148p1@zQVt8HVKEroujnuT Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2026 11:44:25 +0100 From: Wolfram Sang To: Andy Shevchenko Cc: Bjorn Andersson , Baolin Wang , linux-renesas-soc@vger.kernel.org, Alexandre Torgue , Andy Shevchenko , Antonio Borneo , Arnd Bergmann , Boqun Feng , Chen-Yu Tsai , Chunyan Zhang , Danilo Krummrich , David Lechner , Greg Kroah-Hartman , Ingo Molnar , Jernej Skrabec , Jonathan Cameron , Jonathan Corbet , Konrad Dybcio , Lee Jones , Linus Walleij , linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-arm-msm@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-gpio@vger.kernel.org, linux-iio@vger.kernel.org, linux-omap@vger.kernel.org, linux-remoteproc@vger.kernel.org, linux-spi@vger.kernel.org, linux-stm32@st-md-mailman.stormreply.com, linux-sunxi@lists.linux.dev, Mark Brown , Maxime Coquelin , Nuno =?utf-8?B?U8Oh?= , Orson Zhai , Peter Zijlstra , "Rafael J. Wysocki" , Samuel Holland , Shuah Khan , Srinivas Kandagatla , Thomas Gleixner , Waiman Long , Wilken Gottwalt , Will Deacon Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 0/4] hwspinlock: refactor headers into public provider/consumer pair Message-ID: References: <20260125184654.17843-6-wsa+renesas@sang-engineering.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-CRM114-Version: 20100106-BlameMichelson ( TRE 0.8.0 (BSD) ) MR-646709E3 X-CRM114-CacheID: sfid-20260210_024432_527917_126176C2 X-CRM114-Status: GOOD ( 13.32 ) X-BeenThere: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: "linux-arm-kernel" Errors-To: linux-arm-kernel-bounces+linux-arm-kernel=archiver.kernel.org@lists.infradead.org Hi Andy, > > And if so, would be this series acceptable > > as-is then (modulo the better include-sorting mentioned by Andy)? > > *From my experience it's not the Q "will they or not?", the Q is "when?" > they start abusing it. I really prefer to hide as much as possible from I totally agree with you on that. > day 1. Maybe the structure can be split to two? Currently IIO has a I also thought that keeping some internal header might provide that safety. When looking into it, I didn't see an obvious and somewhat elegant way. Even more, I got a better picture of why Bjorn named the current approach "unergonomic". I got some ideas which look doable in my time frame. I will try going the full route, after all. I'll start with some cleanup in some minutes. Happy hacking, Wolfram