linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] gpiolib: devres: release GPIOs in devm_gpiod_put

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Message-ID: <175265695302.15922.15433902408963854171.b4-ty@linaro.org>
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2025 11:09:31 +0200
From: Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl>
To: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
	Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
	André Draszik <andre.draszik@...aro.org>
Cc: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@...aro.org>,
	Tudor Ambarus <tudor.ambarus@...aro.org>,
	Peter Griffin <peter.griffin@...aro.org>,
	Will McVicker <willmcvicker@...gle.com>,
	kernel-team@...roid.com,
	linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] gpiolib: devres: release GPIOs in devm_gpiod_put_array()

From: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@...aro.org>


On Tue, 15 Jul 2025 17:00:20 +0100, André Draszik wrote:
> devm_gpiod_put_array() is meant to undo the effects of
> devm_gpiod_get_array() - in particular, it should release the GPIOs
> contained in the array acquired with the latter. It is meant to be the
> resource-managed version of gpiod_put_array(), and it should behave
> similar to the non-array version devm_gpiod_put().
> 
> Since commit d1d52c6622a6 ("gpiolib: devres: Finish the conversion to
> use devm_add_action()") it doesn't do that anymore, it just removes the
> devres action and frees associated memory, but it doesn't actually
> release the GPIOs.
> 
> [...]

Thanks for catching it, I queued it for v6.16-rc7.

[1/1] gpiolib: devres: release GPIOs in devm_gpiod_put_array()
      https://git.kernel.org/brgl/linux/c/ff20798820e08af0fe757c756914b4aa51993ccb

Best regards,
-- 
Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@...aro.org>