linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] gpio: aggregator: Fix calling into sleeping GPIO controllers

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Message-ID: <CAMuHMdUq3qZqVHH-QSVnwemVRyCp7b2Ldd-7Q2V8CXcj0+9aow@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 1 Feb 2022 21:53:58 +0100
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
Cc:     Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
        Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl>,
        Mikko Salomäki <ms@...arespons.se>,
        "open list:GPIO SUBSYSTEM" <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] gpio: aggregator: Fix calling into sleeping GPIO controllers

Hi Andy,

On Tue, Feb 1, 2022 at 9:35 PM Andy Shevchenko
<andy.shevchenko@...il.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 1, 2022 at 10:09 PM Geert Uytterhoeven
> <geert+renesas@...der.be> wrote:
> > If the parent GPIO controller is a sleeping controller (e.g. a GPIO
> > controller connected to I2C), getting or setting a GPIO triggers a
> > might_sleep() warning.  This happens because the GPIO Aggregator takes
> > the can_sleep flag into account only for its internal locking, not for
> > calling into the parent GPIO controller.
> >
> > Fix this by using the gpiod_[gs]et*_cansleep() APIs when calling into a
> > sleeping GPIO controller.
>
> Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>

Thanks!

> > +++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-aggregator.c
> > @@ -278,7 +278,8 @@ static int gpio_fwd_get(struct gpio_chip *chip, unsigned int offset)
> >  {
> >         struct gpiochip_fwd *fwd = gpiochip_get_data(chip);
> >
> > -       return gpiod_get_value(fwd->descs[offset]);
>
> > +       return chip->can_sleep ? gpiod_get_value_cansleep(fwd->descs[offset])
> > +                              : gpiod_get_value(fwd->descs[offset]);
>
> This indentation kills the perfectionist in me :-)

Why? The above is aligned perfectly ("?" just above ":")?

> What about:
>
>        return chip->can_sleep ?
>                gpiod_get_value_cansleep(fwd->descs[offset]) :
> gpiod_get_value(fwd->descs[offset]);
>
> ?
>
> Or as variant
>
>        struct gpio_desc *desc = fwd->descs[offset];
>
>        return chip->can_sleep ? gpiod_get_value_cansleep(desc) :
> gpiod_get_value(desc);
>
> ?

IMHO, those are ugly as hell ;-)

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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