linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] gpiolib: Fix inverted check in gpiochip

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Date:   Tue, 3 Mar 2020 13:34:24 +0100
From:   Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:     Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>
Cc:     Bartosz Golaszewski <bgolaszewski@...libre.com>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        "open list:GPIO SUBSYSTEM" <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] gpiolib: Fix inverted check in gpiochip_remove()

On Mon, Mar 2, 2020 at 9:24 AM Geert Uytterhoeven
<geert+renesas@...der.be> wrote:

> The optimization to check for requested lines actually optimized for the
> uncomon error case, where one of the GPIO lines is still in use.
> Hence the error message must be printed when the loop is terminated
> early, not when it went through all available GPIO lines.
>
> Fixes: 869233f81337bfb3 ("gpiolib: Optimize gpiochip_remove() when check for requested line")
> Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>

Patch applied with Andy's ACK.

Yours,
Linus Walleij