[PATCH] gpiolib: Defer on non-DT find_chip_by_name() failure

Janusz Krzysztofik
2018-07-03T17:26:35Z

Avoid replication of error code conversion in non-DT GPIO consumers'
code by returning -EPROBE_DEFER from gpiod_find() in case a chip
identified by its label in a registered lookup table is not ready.

See https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/5/30/176 for example case.

Signed-off-by: Janusz Krzysztofik <jmkrzyszt@gmail.com>
---
If accepted, please add
Suggested-by: Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@bootlin.com>
if Boris doesn't mind.

Thanks,
Janusz

drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c | 13 ++++++++++---
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
index e11a3bb03820..15dc77c80328 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
@@ -3639,9 +3639,16 @@ static struct gpio_desc *gpiod_find(struct device *dev, const char *con_id,
chip = find_chip_by_name(p->chip_label);

if (!chip) {
- dev_err(dev, "cannot find GPIO chip %s\n",
- p->chip_label);
- return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
+ /*
+ * As the lookup table indicates a chip with
+ * p->chip_label should exist, assume it may
+ * still appear latar and let the interested
+ * consumer be probed again or let the Deferred
+ * Probe infrastructure handle the error.
+ */
+ dev_warn(dev, "cannot find GPIO chip %s, deferring\n",
+ p->chip_label);
+ return ERR_PTR(-EPROBE_DEFER);
}

if (chip->ngpio <= p->chip_hwnum) {
--
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