[PATCH 2/4] [v2] gpiolib: add bitmask for valid GPIO lines

Timur Tabi timur at codeaurora.org
Tue Dec 12 12:16:54 PST 2017


On 12/12/2017 03:58 AM, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Fri, 2017-12-01 at 17:28 -0600, Timur Tabi wrote:
>> Add support for specifying that some GPIOs within a range are
>> unavailable.
>> Some systems have a sparse list of GPIOs, where a range of GPIOs is
>> specified (usually 0 to n-1), but some subset within that range is
>> absent or unavailable for whatever reason.
>>
>> To support this, allow drivers to specify a bitmask of GPIOs that
>> are present or absent.  Gpiolib will then block access to those that
>> are absent.
>   
>> -	status = gpiochip_irqchip_init_valid_mask(chip);
>> +	status = gpiochip_init_valid_mask(chip);
>>   	if (status)
>>   		goto err_remove_from_list;
>>   
>> +	status = gpiochip_irqchip_init_valid_mask(chip);
>> +	if (status)
>> +		goto err_remove_valid_mask;
> 
> Yes, this way it looks good!

I've discovered that I can remove all this code.  I don't need a valid 
mask, all I need to do is block the request properly.

>> +static bool gpiochip_available(const struct gpio_chip *gpiochip,
>> +			   unsigned int offset)
>> +{
> 
>> +	pr_info("%s:%u offset=%u\n", __func__, __LINE__, offset);
> 
> Debug leftover?

Fixed, thanks.

> 
>> +
>> +	/* No mask means all valid */
>> +	if (likely(!gpiochip->valid_mask))
>> +		return true;
>> +
>> +	return test_bit(offset, gpiochip->valid_mask);
> 
> Not sure which one is better
>   return test_bit();
> or
>   return !!test_bit();

I've removed this function also.

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