[RFC/RFT PATCH] pinctrl: bcm2835: don't -EINVAL on alternate funcs from get_direction()

[Stefan Wahren]

Am 19.02.25 um 11:27 schrieb Bartosz Golaszewski:
> From: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski at linaro.org>
>
> Since commit 9d846b1aebbe ("gpiolib: check the return value of
> gpio_chip::get_direction()") we check the return value of the
> get_direction() callback as per its API contract. This driver returns
> -EINVAL if the pin in question is set to one of the alternative
> (non-GPIO) functions. This isn't really an error that should be
> communicated to GPIOLIB so default to returning the "safe" value of
> INPUT in this case. The GPIO subsystem does not have the notion of
> "unknown" direction.
>
> Fixes: 9d846b1aebbe ("gpiolib: check the return value of gpio_chip::get_direction()")
> Reported-by: Mark Brown <broonie at kernel.org>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/Z7VFB1nST6lbmBIo@finisterre.sirena.org.uk/
> Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski at linaro.org>
Reviewed-by: Stefan Wahren <wahrenst at gmx.net>

Thanks