The generic IRQ helper library just checks if the IRQ line is set as input before activating it for interrupts. As we recently started to check things better with .get_dir() it turns out that it's good to try to convince the line to become an input before attempting to lock it as IRQ. Cc: Björn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx> --- ChangeLog v1->v2: - Propagate the error from .direction_input() so we can rely on it being used. --- drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c index 5a21a6acf8af..b195ec406ff4 100644 --- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c +++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c @@ -1505,6 +1505,25 @@ static int gpiochip_irq_reqres(struct irq_data *d) if (!try_module_get(chip->gpiodev->owner)) return -ENODEV; + /* + * If it is possible to switch this GPIO to an input + * this is a good time to do it. + */ + if (chip->direction_input) { + struct gpio_desc *desc; + int ret; + + desc = gpiochip_get_desc(chip, d->hwirq); + if (IS_ERR(desc)) + return PTR_ERR(desc); + + ret = chip->direction_input(chip, d->hwirq); + if (ret) + return ret; + + clear_bit(FLAG_IS_OUT, &desc->flags); + } + if (gpiochip_lock_as_irq(chip, d->hwirq)) { chip_err(chip, "unable to lock HW IRQ %lu for IRQ\n", -- 2.4.11 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-gpio" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html