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SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/6] gpiolib: Allow GPIO chips to request their own GPIOs
On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 11:49 AM, Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 12:00 AM, Mika Westerberg
> <mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com> wrote:
>
>> Sometimes it is useful to allow GPIO chips themselves to request GPIOs they
>> own through gpiolib API. One usecase is ACPI ASL code that should be able
>> to toggle GPIOs through GPIO operation regions.
>>
>> We can't really use gpio_request() and its counterparts because it will pin
>> the module to the kernel forever (as it calls module_get()). Instead we
>> provide a gpiolib internal functions gpiochip_request/free_own_desc() that
>> work the same as gpio_request() but don't manipulate module refrence count.
>>
>> Since it's the GPIO chip driver who requests the GPIOs in the first place
>> we can be sure that it cannot be unloaded without the driver knowing about
>> that. Furthermore we only limit this functionality to be available only
>> inside gpiolib.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com>
>
> I fully trust you in doing the ACPI stuff in patches 2-n but on this patch
> in particular I want Alexandre's review tag as well, as he's working
> actively with the descriptor API and I don't want to add too many quirks
> without his consent.
>
> So Alexandre, what do you say about this?

I will wait for v2 to give it a real review, but since the new
functions are not exposed outside of gpiolib and the patch seems to
serve a real purpose I have no objection to it. Especially if Rafael's
suggestions can be applied.


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