linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] pinctrl: as3722: fix handling of GPIO invert bit

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Date:	Tue, 22 Apr 2014 17:05:07 +0200
From:	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:	Andrew Bresticker <abrestic@...omium.org>
Cc:	Stephen Warren <swarren@...dotorg.org>,
	"linux-tegra@...r.kernel.org" <linux-tegra@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] pinctrl: as3722: fix handling of GPIO invert bit

On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 10:40 PM, Andrew Bresticker
<abrestic@...omium.org> wrote:

> The AS3722_GPIO_INV bit will always be blindly overwritten by
> as3722_pinctrl_gpio_set_direction() and will be ignored when
> setting the value of the GPIO in as3722_gpio_set() since the
> enable_gpio_invert flag is never set.  This will cause an
> initially inverted GPIO to toggle when requested as an output,
> which could be problematic if, for example, the GPIO controls
> a critical regulator.
>
> Instead of setting up the enable_gpio_invert flag, just leave
> the invert bit alone and check it before setting the GPIO value.
>
> Cc: <stable@...r.kernel.org> # v3.14+
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Bresticker <abrestic@...omium.org>
> Reviewed-by: Stephen Warren <swarren@...dia.com>
> Tested-by: Stephen Warren <swarren@...dia.com>
> ---
> Changes from v1:
>  - fixed typo

This v2 version applied for fixes with Laxman's ACK.

Yours,
Linus Walleij
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