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SubjectRe: [PATCH] mfd: arizona: Add comment to explain non-devm regulator_get
> 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>
> ---
> drivers/mfd/arizona-core.c | 6 ++++++
> 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

Applied, thanks.

> diff --git a/drivers/mfd/arizona-core.c b/drivers/mfd/arizona-core.c
> index 27936fe..b4f22e7 100644
> --- a/drivers/mfd/arizona-core.c
> +++ b/drivers/mfd/arizona-core.c
> @@ -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);

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