Re: [PATCH] gpio: generic: clamp values from bgpio_get_set()

[Vladimir Zapolskiy <vladimir_zapolskiy@mentor.com>]

On 11.12.2015 23:47, Fabio Estevam wrote:
> Hi Linus,
> 
> On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 7:36 PM, Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org> wrote:
>> The bgpio_get_set() call should return a value clamped to [0,1],
>> the current code will return a negative value if reading
>> bit 31, which turns the value negative as this is a signed value
>> and thus gets interpreted as an error by the gpiolib core.
>> Found on the gpio-mxc but applies to any MMIO driver.
>>
>> Fixes: b19e7f51a55f "gpio: gpio-generic: add flag to read out output value from reg_set"
> 
> This commit appeared in 4.2, so it would be nice to add a stable tag:
> 
> Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 4.2+

As it was discussed yesterday in another thread, the specified commit is
correct, and v4.2 works good.

The problem is in commit e20538b82f1f ("gpio: Propagate errors from
chip->get()"), which is present in v4.3.

So, Fixes: tag should be removed or corrected IMHO.

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With best wishes,
Vladimir