linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] gpio: shared: fix a false-positive sharing detection with reset-gpios

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Message-ID: <176794902183.12956.14711201006968865905.b4-ty@oss.qualcomm.com>
Date: Fri,  9 Jan 2026 09:57:04 +0100
From: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@....qualcomm.com>
To: Linus Walleij <linusw@...nel.org>, Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...nel.org>,
        Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@....qualcomm.com>
Cc: linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] gpio: shared: fix a false-positive sharing detection with reset-gpios


On Thu, 08 Jan 2026 14:39:19 +0100, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
> After scanning the devicetree, we remove all entries that have only one
> reference, while creating GPIO shared proxies for the remaining, shared
> entries. However: for the reset-gpio corner-case, we will have two
> references for a "reset-gpios" pin that's not really shared. In this
> case one will come from the actual consumer fwnode and the other from
> the potential auxiliary reset-gpio device. This causes the GPIO core to
> create unnecessary GPIO shared proxy devices for pins that are not
> really shared.
> 
> [...]

Applied, thanks!

[1/1] gpio: shared: fix a false-positive sharing detection with reset-gpios
      commit: d578b31856cec31315f27b3ba97b212e4c6989b3

Best regards,
-- 
Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@....qualcomm.com>