Re: [PATCH] gpiolib: Export gpiochip_request_own_desc and gpiochip_free_own_desc

[Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>]

On 07/21/2014 09:42 PM, Alexandre Courbot wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 1:26 PM, Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> wrote:
>> Both functions were introduced to let gpio drivers request their own
>> gpio pins. Without exporting the functions, this can however only be
>> used by gpio drivers built into the kernel.
>>
>> Secondary impact is that the functions can not currently be used by
>> platform initialization code associated with the gpio-pca953x driver.
>> This code permits auto-export of gpio pins through platform data, but
>> if this functionality is used, the module can no longer be unloaded due
>> to the problem solved with the introduction of gpiochip_request_own_desc
>> and gpiochip_free_own_desc.
>>
>> Export both function so they can be used from modules and from
>> platform initialization code.
>>
>> Cc: Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
>> ---
>>   drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c        | 2 ++
>>   drivers/gpio/gpiolib.h        | 3 ---
>>   include/linux/gpio/consumer.h | 3 +++
>>   3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
>> index 43d9e34..04c647e 100644
>> --- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
>> +++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
>> @@ -1953,6 +1953,7 @@ int gpiochip_request_own_desc(struct gpio_desc *desc, const char *label)
>>
>>          return __gpiod_request(desc, label);
>>   }
>> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(gpiochip_request_own_desc);
>>
>>   /**
>>    * gpiochip_free_own_desc - Free GPIO requested by the chip driver
>> @@ -1966,6 +1967,7 @@ void gpiochip_free_own_desc(struct gpio_desc *desc)
>>          if (desc)
>>                  __gpiod_free(desc);
>>   }
>> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(gpiochip_free_own_desc);
>>
>>   /* Drivers MUST set GPIO direction before making get/set calls.  In
>>    * some cases this is done in early boot, before IRQs are enabled.
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.h b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.h
>> index 1a4103d..2bdb69d 100644
>> --- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.h
>> +++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.h
>> @@ -45,9 +45,6 @@ acpi_get_gpiod_by_index(struct device *dev, int index,
>>   }
>>   #endif
>>
>> -int gpiochip_request_own_desc(struct gpio_desc *desc, const char *label);
>> -void gpiochip_free_own_desc(struct gpio_desc *desc);
>> -
>>   struct gpio_desc *of_get_named_gpiod_flags(struct device_node *np,
>>                     const char *list_name, int index, enum of_gpio_flags *flags);
>>
>> diff --git a/include/linux/gpio/consumer.h b/include/linux/gpio/consumer.h
>> index 05e53cc..e85f7e6 100644
>> --- a/include/linux/gpio/consumer.h
>> +++ b/include/linux/gpio/consumer.h
>> @@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ struct gpio_desc *__must_check gpiod_get_index_optional(struct device *dev,
>>
>>   void gpiod_put(struct gpio_desc *desc);
>>
>> +int gpiochip_request_own_desc(struct gpio_desc *desc, const char *label);
>> +void gpiochip_free_own_desc(struct gpio_desc *desc);
>
> I guess these functions should be made public in driver.h, not
> consumer.h. Users will be GPIO drivers and platform code, not device
> drivers which are the typical consumers of GPIOs.
>

No problem; I was not sure which include file would be appropriate,
and just picked one. I'll update the patch and resubmit.

Thanks,
Guenter