linux-kernel - Re: Regression in next with gpiolib

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Date:   Thu, 31 Aug 2017 07:59:29 +0200
From:   Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:     Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>
Cc:     Timur Tabi <timur@...eaurora.org>,
        Grygorii Strashko <grygorii.strashko@...com>,
        "linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org" <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        Linux-OMAP <linux-omap@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Regression in next with gpiolib

On Wed, Aug 30, 2017 at 11:41 PM, Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com> wrote:

> Hi Timur, Linus & Grygorii,
>
> Looks like commit 108d23e322a2 ("gpiolib: request the gpio before
> querying its direction") caused a regression on at least pandaboard
> es with booting hanging shortly after gpio init.
>
> It seems to be that we're now calling request and free on all gpios
> before they are properly configured?
>
> I narrowed the hang down to gpio bank1 lines 7 and possibly 8 where
> not calling omap_gpio_free() on them makes the system boot again.
>
> These lines are used for the leds in omap4-panda-common.dtsi, and
> omap_gpio_free() will by default set the unused lines for input
> and bad things happen. I guess hardware failure could also happen
> although I have not seen it here.
>
> It seems a similar issue can exist on other platforms too,
> so it's probably a good idea to revert this for now.

I reverted it for now.

Yours,
Linus Walleij