linux-kernel - [RFC PATCH] Use gpiochip label for sysfs entries

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Tue, 24 Mar 2009 09:42:46 +1300
From:	Ryan Mallon <ryan@...ewatersys.com>
To:	arm kernel <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.arm.linux.org.uk>,
	dbrownell@...rs.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [RFC PATCH] Use gpiochip label for sysfs entries

At least on the ep93xx, the gpio banks have names (A, B, etc), which are
used for gpiochip->label. However, banks C and F are swapped which makes
the names of the gpiochip directories in /sys/class/gpio confusing. For
many SoC chips, it would be useful to have the gpio label on the sysfs
entries.

The following patch registers the gpiochip devices using
gpiochip->label. If label is not set, or the registration fails, it
falls back to using gpiochip->base.

Signed-off-by: Ryan Mallon <ryan@...ewatersys.com>

---

diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
index 42fb2fd..698481c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(gpio_unexport);
 static int gpiochip_export(struct gpio_chip *chip)
 {
 	int		status;
-	struct device	*dev;
+	struct device	*dev = NULL;
 
 	/* Many systems register gpio chips for SOC support very early,
 	 * before driver model support is available.  In those cases we
@@ -546,10 +546,16 @@ static int gpiochip_export(struct gpio_chip *chip)
 	if (!gpio_class.p)
 		return 0;
 
-	/* use chip->base for the ID; it's already known to be unique */
 	mutex_lock(&sysfs_lock);
-	dev = device_create(&gpio_class, chip->dev, MKDEV(0, 0), chip,
-				"gpiochip%d", chip->base);
+	if (chip->label) 
+		/* Attempt to register the device using the gpiochip label */
+		dev = device_create(&gpio_class, chip->dev, MKDEV(0, 0), chip,
+				    "gpiochip-%s", chip->label);
+	
+	if (!dev) 
+		/* Use chip->base for the ID; it's already known to be unique */
+		dev = device_create(&gpio_class, chip->dev, MKDEV(0, 0), chip,
+				    "gpiochip%d", chip->base);
 	if (dev) {
 		status = sysfs_create_group(&dev->kobj,
 				&gpiochip_attr_group);

--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/