linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] pinctrl: msm: Use dynamic GPIO numbering

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

Message-ID: <e1d9fa6b-ac53-4392-de0f-0a16c4012e4b@codeaurora.org>
Date:   Tue, 20 Feb 2018 10:42:45 -0600
From:   Timur Tabi <timur@...eaurora.org>
To:     Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
        Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@...aro.org>
Cc:     linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org, linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] pinctrl: msm: Use dynamic GPIO numbering

On 02/07/2018 07:52 AM, Linus Walleij wrote:
> OK I put this in devel for v4.17, let's see if something explodes
> in linux-next else we can go with this.
> 
> Otherwise we need something that conserves base 0 for singular
> TLMM drivers and make it -1 for newer platforms with several
> instances.

I don't see this patch in linusw/linux-gpio.git anywhere.  Do you want 
me to submit another patch that implements this:

     static int base = 0;

     chip->base = base;
     base = -1;

This preserves existing behavior for current drivers.

-- 
Qualcomm Datacenter Technologies, Inc. as an affiliate of Qualcomm
Technologies, Inc.  Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. is a member of the
Code Aurora Forum, a Linux Foundation Collaborative Project.