Re: [PATCH] Documentation: gpiolib: sysfs: high can be any nonzero value

[Vladimir Zapolskiy <vladimir_zapolskiy@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Greg,

On 22.04.2015 20:10, Johan Hovold wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 06:39:46PM +0200, Dirk Behme wrote:
>> With the commit 79a9becda8940d ("gpiolib: export descriptor-based
>> GPIO interface") the gpiolib can return any nonzero value for high.
>> Not only 1. Correct this in the documentation.
> 
> As _gpiod_get_raw_value returns a bool, I fail to see how that could
> happen.
> 
> Ah, that was fixed by commit 23600969ff13 ("gpio: clamp returned values
> to the boolean range") in 3.15.
> 
> Looks like that one should be backported to 3.14 instead.
> 

I tested that 23600969ff13 clearly applies to 3.14.y and I confirm that
it fixes the problem.

Would it be possible for you to backport this commit to LTS 3.14.y,
since it fixes quite critical sysfs API regression? Or should I send the
patch to stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ?

Thank you in advance!

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With best wishes,
Vladimir
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