linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/5] gpio: of: Return error if gpio hog configuration failed

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Date:	Tue, 8 Mar 2016 15:23:19 +0100
From:	Thierry Reding <treding@...dia.com>
To:	Laxman Dewangan <ldewangan@...dia.com>
CC:	<linus.walleij@...aro.org>, <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
	<pawel.moll@....com>, <mark.rutland@....com>,
	<devicetree@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	<linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>, <swarren@...dotorg.org>,
	Benoit Parrot <bparrot@...com>,
	Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@...dia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/5] gpio: of: Return error if gpio hog configuration
 failed

On Tue, Mar 08, 2016 at 05:32:06PM +0530, Laxman Dewangan wrote:
> If GPIO hog configuration failed while adding OF based
> gpiochip() then return the error instead of ignoring it.
> 
> This helps of properly handling the gpio driver dependency.
> 
> When adding the gpio hog nodes for NVIDIA's Tegra210 platforms,
> the gpio_hogd() fails with EPROBE_DEFER because pinctrl is not
> ready at this time and gpio_request() for Tegra GPIO driver
> returns error. The error was not causing the Tegra GPIO driver
> to fail as the error was getting ignored.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Laxman Dewangan <ldewangan@...dia.com>
> Cc: Benoit Parrot <bparrot@...com>
> Cc: Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@...dia.com>
> ---
>  drivers/gpio/gpiolib-of.c | 15 +++++++++------
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Thierry Reding <treding@...dia.com>

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