From be1a50d4eba4cdb3ebf9d97a0a8693c153436775 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2010 17:37:45 +0200 Subject: regulator: Let drivers know when they use the stub API Have the stub variant of regulator_get() return NULL, so that drivers can (but still don't have to) handle this case specifically. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Cc: Mark Brown <broonie@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com> Cc: Jerome Oufella <jerome.oufella@savoirfairelinux.com> Acked-by: Mark Brown <broonie@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com> Signed-off-by: Liam Girdwood <lrg@slimlogic.co.uk> --- include/linux/regulator/consumer.h | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'include') diff --git a/include/linux/regulator/consumer.h b/include/linux/regulator/consumer.h index 28c9fd020d39..ebd747265294 100644 --- a/include/linux/regulator/consumer.h +++ b/include/linux/regulator/consumer.h @@ -183,9 +183,13 @@ static inline struct regulator *__must_check regulator_get(struct device *dev, { /* Nothing except the stubbed out regulator API should be * looking at the value except to check if it is an error - * value so the actual return value doesn't matter. + * value. Drivers are free to handle NULL specifically by + * skipping all regulator API calls, but they don't have to. + * Drivers which don't, should make sure they properly handle + * corner cases of the API, such as regulator_get_voltage() + * returning 0. */ - return (struct regulator *)id; + return NULL; } static inline void regulator_put(struct regulator *regulator) { -- cgit v1.2.3