linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] call gpio_cansleep only after gpio

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Message-Id: <200802140843.25103.david-b@pacbell.net>
Date:	Thu, 14 Feb 2008 08:43:24 -0800
From:	David Brownell <david-b@...bell.net>
To:	Uwe Kleine-König <Uwe.Kleine-Koenig@...i.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Raphael Assenat <raph@...com>,
	Richard Purdie <rpurdie@...ys.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] call gpio_cansleep only after gpio_request succeeded

On Thursday 14 February 2008, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> If you have GPIO_LIB gpio_cansleep oopses on an invalid
> gpio.  So better gpio_request your pin first.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <Uwe.Kleine-Koenig@...i.com>
> Cc: David Brownell <dbrownell@...rs.sourceforge.net>

Acked-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@...rs.sourceforge.net>

... my bad, sorry.  The "first do gpio_request(), THEN
you can test gpio_cansleep()" issue got resolved in that
direction a bit late; this is the only in-tree driver
that I know would be affected.  My test platforms haven't
yet been updated to 2.6.25-rc1 ... :(



> Cc: Raphael Assenat <raph@...com>
> Cc: Richard Purdie <rpurdie@...ys.net>
> ---
> Hello,
> 
> I currently start using GPIO_LIB and don't have any chips yet.  The Oops will
> vanish after I will have registered the chips for my SoC's gpios, but still
> this way the code is more robust.
> 
> Best regards
> Uwe
> 
>  drivers/leds/leds-gpio.c |    8 ++++----
>  1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/leds/leds-gpio.c b/drivers/leds/leds-gpio.c
> index 6c0a9c4..76ddcf3 100644
> --- a/drivers/leds/leds-gpio.c
> +++ b/drivers/leds/leds-gpio.c
> @@ -79,6 +79,10 @@ static int gpio_led_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  		cur_led = &pdata->leds[i];
>  		led_dat = &leds_data[i];
>  
> +		ret = gpio_request(led_dat->gpio, cur_led->name);
> +		if (ret < 0)
> +			goto err;
> +
>  		led_dat->cdev.name = cur_led->name;
>  		led_dat->cdev.default_trigger = cur_led->default_trigger;
>  		led_dat->gpio = cur_led->gpio;
> @@ -87,10 +91,6 @@ static int gpio_led_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  		led_dat->cdev.brightness_set = gpio_led_set;
>  		led_dat->cdev.brightness = LED_OFF;
>  
> -		ret = gpio_request(led_dat->gpio, led_dat->cdev.name);
> -		if (ret < 0)
> -			goto err;
> -
>  		gpio_direction_output(led_dat->gpio, led_dat->active_low);
>  
>  		INIT_WORK(&led_dat->work, gpio_led_work);
> -- 
> 1.5.4.1
> 


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