From: Kent Gibson <warthog618@gmail.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-gpio@vger.kernel.org,
brgl@bgdev.pl, linus.walleij@linaro.org
Cc: Kent Gibson <warthog618@gmail.com>,
corbet@lwn.net, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 3/4] Documentation: gpio: Reconfiguration with unset direction (uAPI v1)
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2024 13:29:24 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20240626052925.174272-4-warthog618@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20240626052925.174272-1-warthog618@gmail.com>
Update description of reconfiguration rules, adding requirement that a
direction flag be set or the configuration is considered invalid.
Signed-off-by: Kent Gibson <warthog618@gmail.com>
---
.../userspace-api/gpio/gpio-handle-set-config-ioctl.rst | 5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/gpio/gpio-handle-set-config-ioctl.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/gpio/gpio-handle-set-config-ioctl.rst
index d002a84681ac..a03f30db63ab 100644
--- a/Documentation/userspace-api/gpio/gpio-handle-set-config-ioctl.rst
+++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/gpio/gpio-handle-set-config-ioctl.rst
@@ -43,7 +43,10 @@ The configuration applies to all requested lines.
The same :ref:`gpio-get-linehandle-config-rules` and
:ref:`gpio-get-linehandle-config-support` that apply when requesting the
-lines also apply when updating the line configuration.
+lines also apply when updating the line configuration, with the additional
+restriction that a direction flag must be set. Requesting an invalid
+configuration, including without a direction flag set, is an error
+(**EINVAL**).
The motivating use case for this command is changing direction of
bi-directional lines between input and output, but it may be used more
--
2.39.2
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-06-26 5:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-06-26 5:29 [PATCH 0/4] gpiolib: cdev: directionless line reconfiguration Kent Gibson
2024-06-26 5:29 ` [PATCH 1/4] gpiolib: cdev: Disallow reconfiguration without direction (uAPI v1) Kent Gibson
2024-06-26 5:29 ` [PATCH 2/4] gpiolib: cdev: Ignore reconfiguration without direction Kent Gibson
2024-06-27 14:06 ` Bartosz Golaszewski
2024-06-27 14:22 ` Kent Gibson
2024-06-27 14:44 ` Bartosz Golaszewski
2024-06-27 14:49 ` Kent Gibson
2024-06-27 14:51 ` Bartosz Golaszewski
2024-06-26 5:29 ` Kent Gibson [this message]
2024-06-26 5:29 ` [PATCH 4/4] Documentation: gpio: Reconfiguration with unset direction (uAPI v2) Kent Gibson
2024-06-27 15:23 ` [PATCH 0/4] gpiolib: cdev: directionless line reconfiguration Bartosz Golaszewski
2024-07-01 7:39 ` Bartosz Golaszewski
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