[PATCH v7 16/16] pinctrl: qcom: make the pinmuxing strict

Andy Shevchenko andy.shevchenko at gmail.com
Tue Sep 2 13:46:18 PDT 2025


On Tue, Sep 2, 2025 at 8:42 PM Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl at bgdev.pl> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Sep 2, 2025 at 4:38 PM Andy Shevchenko
> <andriy.shevchenko at intel.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, Sep 02, 2025 at 01:59:25PM +0200, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
> > > From: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski at linaro.org>
> > >
> > > The strict flag in struct pinmux_ops disallows the usage of the same pin
> > > as a GPIO and for another function. Without it, a rouge user-space
> > > process with enough privileges (or even a buggy driver) can request a
> > > used pin as GPIO and drive it, potentially confusing devices or even
> > > crashing the system. Set it globally for all pinctrl-msm users.
> >
> > How does this keep (or allow) I涎 generic recovery mechanism to work?
>
> What even is the "generic recovery mechanism"? That's the first time
> I'm hearing this name.

"I²C generic recovery mechanism" (I dunno why you put away the I²C keyword).

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko



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