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gpio: deprecate devm_gpiod_unhinge()
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This function was introduced as a workaround for an issue with resource
ownership in the regulator subsystem. Rather than passing the ownership
of a GPIO, we should make the regulator core be able to deal with
resources it didn't request. Deprecate this function so that we don't
get more users in the tree.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250401-gpio-todo-remove-nonexclusive-v2-2-7c1380797b0d@linaro.org
Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@linaro.org>
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Bartosz Golaszewski committed Apr 8, 2025
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Expand Up @@ -317,11 +317,15 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(devm_gpiod_put);
* @dev: GPIO consumer
* @desc: GPIO descriptor to remove resource management from
*
* *DEPRECATED*
* This function should not be used. It's been provided as a workaround for
* resource ownership issues in the regulator framework and should be replaced
* with a better solution.
*
* Remove resource management from a GPIO descriptor. This is needed when
* you want to hand over lifecycle management of a descriptor to another
* mechanism.
*/

void devm_gpiod_unhinge(struct device *dev, struct gpio_desc *desc)
{
int ret;
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