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From:   Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
Date:   Mon, 02 Oct 2023 10:12:47 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] gpio: Further document optional GPIOLIB
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To:     Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@bgdev.pl>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andy@kernel.org>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc:     linux-gpio@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
        Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
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Optional GPIOLIB as in not depended on or selected by a driver
should NOT use any *_optional() calls, this becomes paradoxical.

Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
---
 Documentation/driver-api/gpio/consumer.rst | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/gpio/consumer.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/gpio/consumer.rst
index de6fc79ad6f0..3e588b9d678c 100644
--- a/Documentation/driver-api/gpio/consumer.rst
+++ b/Documentation/driver-api/gpio/consumer.rst
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ warnings. These stubs are used for two use cases:
   will use it under other compile-time configurations. In this case the
   consumer must make sure not to call into these functions, or the user will
   be met with console warnings that may be perceived as intimidating.
+  Combining truly optional GPIOLIB usage with calls to
+  ``[devm_]gpiod_get_optional()`` is a *bad idea*, and will result in weird
+  error messages. Use the ordinary getter functions with optional GPIOLIB:
+  some open coding of error handling should be expected when you do this.
 
 All the functions that work with the descriptor-based GPIO interface are
 prefixed with ``gpiod_``. The ``gpio_`` prefix is used for the legacy

---
base-commit: 0bb80ecc33a8fb5a682236443c1e740d5c917d1d
change-id: 20231002-gpiodoc-cf9430641b91

Best regards,
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Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>