[PATCH v9 3/4] gpiolib: add irq_not_threaded flag to gpio_chip

Octavian Purdila
2014-10-27T16:31:39Z

Some GPIO chips (e.g. the DLN2 USB adapter) have blocking get/set
operation but do not need a threaded irq handler.

Signed-off-by: Octavian Purdila <octavian.purdila@intel.com>
---
drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c | 2 +-
include/linux/gpio/driver.h | 3 +++
2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
index 15cc0bb..3fa7e73 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ static int gpiochip_irq_map(struct irq_domain *d, unsigned int irq,
irq_set_lockdep_class(irq, &gpiochip_irq_lock_class);
irq_set_chip_and_handler(irq, chip->irqchip, chip->irq_handler);
/* Chips that can sleep need nested thread handlers */
- if (chip->can_sleep)
+ if (chip->can_sleep && !chip->irq_not_threaded)
irq_set_nested_thread(irq, 1);
#ifdef CONFIG_ARM
set_irq_flags(irq, IRQF_VALID);
diff --git a/include/linux/gpio/driver.h b/include/linux/gpio/driver.h
index e78a237..44161ac 100644
--- a/include/linux/gpio/driver.h
+++ b/include/linux/gpio/driver.h
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ struct seq_file;
* as the chip access may sleep when e.g. reading out the IRQ status
* registers.
* @exported: flags if the gpiochip is exported for use from sysfs. Private.
+ * @irq_not_threaded: flag must be set if @can_sleep is set but the
+ * IRQs don't need to be threaded
*
* A gpio_chip can help platforms abstract various sources of GPIOs so
* they can all be accessed through a common programing interface.
@@ -101,6 +103,7 @@ struct gpio_chip {
struct gpio_desc *desc;
const char *const *names;
bool can_sleep;
+ bool irq_not_threaded;
bool exported;

#ifdef CONFIG_GPIOLIB_IRQCHIP
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