linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] hwmon: (sht15) check GPIO directions

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Date:	Tue, 15 Jan 2013 11:36:11 -0800
From:	Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
To:	Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com>
Cc:	lm-sensors@...sensors.org, Jean Delvare <khali@...ux-fr.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel@...oirfairelinux.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] hwmon: (sht15) check GPIO directions

On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 01:33:06PM -0500, Vivien Didelot wrote:
> Without this patch, the SHT15 driver may fail silently with a
> non-bidirectional data line and/or an input-only clock line.
> 
> This patch checks the return value of gpio_direction_* function calls
> and returns the error code (if any) to the caller. If an error occurs in
> the read work function (work_funct_t), we wake the queue up directly
> without updating the data->state flag, to notice the waiter of the I/O
> error.
> 
> The patch also makes minor cleanups: s/error_ret/unlock for some labels
> and uses devm_gpio_request_one() for the clock line.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com>

Applied to -next.

Thanks,
Guenter
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