[PATCH v5 4/4] gpiolib: discourage gpiochip_add_pin[group]_range for DT pinctrls

Christian Lamparter
2018-05-21T20:57:39Z

This patch adds the stern warning to the kerneldoc text of both
gpiochip_add_pin[group]_range() functions in hope of detering
developers from ever using them in their DeviceTree-supported
pinctrl drivers in the future.

For anyone affected: Please refer to Section 2.1 of
Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/gpio.txt on how to
bind pinctrl and gpio drivers via the "gpio-ranges" property.

Signed-off-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@gmail.com>
---

As a (final?) follow-up to Stephen's request of adding a warning
to notify devs and users alike about any potentially broken drivers:

of_gpiochip_add_pin_range() - which parses the gpio-ranges property -
calls both gpiochip_add_pin(group)_range functions. So adding a
warning/debug message into the code will not really work (unless
the DT-check will also take the call-trace into account... which is
possible, but at this point it would make more sense to just
refactor the code).
---
drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c | 10 ++++++++++
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
index d1171db66c30..387bf0677ca8 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
@@ -2117,6 +2117,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(gpiochip_generic_config);
* @pctldev: the pin controller to map to
* @gpio_offset: the start offset in the current gpio_chip number space
* @pin_group: name of the pin group inside the pin controller
+ *
+ * Calling this function directly from a DeviceTree-supported
+ * pinctrl driver is DEPRECATED. Please see Section 2.1 of
+ * Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/gpio.txt on how to
+ * bind pinctrl and gpio drivers via the "gpio-ranges" property.
*/
int gpiochip_add_pingroup_range(struct gpio_chip *chip,
struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev,
@@ -2170,6 +2175,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(gpiochip_add_pingroup_range);
*
* Returns:
* 0 on success, or a negative error-code on failure.
+ *
+ * Calling this function directly from a DeviceTree-supported
+ * pinctrl driver is DEPRECATED. Please see Section 2.1 of
+ * Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/gpio.txt on how to
+ * bind pinctrl and gpio drivers via the "gpio-ranges" property.
*/
int gpiochip_add_pin_range(struct gpio_chip *chip, const char *pinctl_name,
unsigned int gpio_offset, unsigned int pin_offset,
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