Re: [PATCH] gpiolib: fix oops on reading sysfs exported GPIOs

[Anton Vorontsov <avorontsov@ru.mvista.com>]

On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 08:43:08AM -0700, David Brownell wrote:
[...]
> > GPIO users should always issue the gpio_direction_input() call and
> > check its return value prior to trying gpio_get_value().
> 
> Not true; the API explicitly allows GPIOs to be treated
> as bidirectional, even when they're configured as outputs.
> That's because most GPIOs *are* bidirectional.

I just recalling somebody was speaking about not wasting cycles with
the checks in the gpio_{set,get}_value(). And the solution was that
before using the gpio_{set,get} one should always try to issue the
"direction" calls to ensure that gpio controller is capable of that
direction... That way gpio_{set,get}_value() don't have to check
anything.

Though I can't find the discussion now, maybe it was a dream... :-)


Thanks,

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