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gpio: legacy: mark old interfaces as deprecated in kernel docs

Message ID 20240104182034.61892-1-brgl@bgdev.pl
State New
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Series gpio: legacy: mark old interfaces as deprecated in kernel docs | expand

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Bartosz Golaszewski Jan. 4, 2024, 6:20 p.m. UTC 
From: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@linaro.org>

We've recently had someone try to use of_get_named_gpio() in new code.
Mark legacy interfaces as deprecated in kernel docs to avoid any
confusion.

Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@linaro.org>
---
 drivers/gpio/gpiolib-legacy.c | 12 ++++++++++++
 drivers/gpio/gpiolib-of.c     |  2 ++
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+)
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diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-legacy.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-legacy.c
index 97f4b498e343..b138682fec3d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-legacy.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-legacy.c
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ 
 
 #include "gpiolib.h"
 
+/*
+ * **DEPRECATED** This function is deprecated and must not be used in new code.
+ */
 void gpio_free(unsigned gpio)
 {
 	gpiod_free(gpio_to_desc(gpio));
@@ -17,6 +20,8 @@  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(gpio_free);
  * @gpio:	the GPIO number
  * @flags:	GPIO configuration as specified by GPIOF_*
  * @label:	a literal description string of this GPIO
+ *
+ * **DEPRECATED** This function is deprecated and must not be used in new code.
  */
 int gpio_request_one(unsigned gpio, unsigned long flags, const char *label)
 {
@@ -53,6 +58,9 @@  int gpio_request_one(unsigned gpio, unsigned long flags, const char *label)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(gpio_request_one);
 
+/*
+ * **DEPRECATED** This function is deprecated and must not be used in new code.
+ */
 int gpio_request(unsigned gpio, const char *label)
 {
 	struct gpio_desc *desc = gpio_to_desc(gpio);
@@ -69,6 +77,8 @@  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(gpio_request);
  * gpio_request_array - request multiple GPIOs in a single call
  * @array:	array of the 'struct gpio'
  * @num:	how many GPIOs in the array
+ *
+ * **DEPRECATED** This function is deprecated and must not be used in new code.
  */
 int gpio_request_array(const struct gpio *array, size_t num)
 {
@@ -92,6 +102,8 @@  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(gpio_request_array);
  * gpio_free_array - release multiple GPIOs in a single call
  * @array:	array of the 'struct gpio'
  * @num:	how many GPIOs in the array
+ *
+ * **DEPRECATED** This function is deprecated and must not be used in new code.
  */
 void gpio_free_array(const struct gpio *array, size_t num)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-of.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-of.c
index 402f7d99b0c1..ad8e75db68b0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-of.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-of.c
@@ -414,6 +414,8 @@  static struct gpio_desc *of_get_named_gpiod_flags(const struct device_node *np,
  * @propname:	Name of property containing gpio specifier(s)
  * @index:	index of the GPIO
  *
+ * **DEPRECATED** This function is deprecated and must not be used in new code.
+ *
  * Returns GPIO number to use with Linux generic GPIO API, or one of the errno
  * value on the error condition.
  */