Re: [PATCH] gpio: Propagate errors from chip->get()

[Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Aug 28, 2015 at 6:44 PM, Bjorn Andersson
<bjorn.andersson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> It's possible to have gpio chips hanging off unreliable remote buses
> where the get() operation will fail to acquire a readout of the current
> gpio state. Propagate these errors to the consumer so that they can
> act on, retry or ignore these failing reads, instead of treating them as
> the line being held high.
>
> Signed-off-by: Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

This patch applied for fixes with Alex' Review-tag.
Thanks for fixing this!

Should I even tag it for stable?

Yours,
Linus Walleij
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