The documentation was wrong, gpiod_get_direction() returns 0/1 instead of the GPIOF_* flags. The docs were fixed with commit 94fc73094abe47 ("gpio: correct docs about return value of gpiod_get_direction"). Now, fix this user (until a better, system-wide solution is in place). Signed-off-by: Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Only build tested! drivers/video/backlight/pwm_bl.c | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/video/backlight/pwm_bl.c b/drivers/video/backlight/pwm_bl.c index 1c2289ddd555a6..0fa7d2bd0e4811 100644 --- a/drivers/video/backlight/pwm_bl.c +++ b/drivers/video/backlight/pwm_bl.c @@ -301,14 +301,14 @@ static int pwm_backlight_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) /* * If the GPIO is not known to be already configured as output, that - * is, if gpiod_get_direction returns either GPIOF_DIR_IN or -EINVAL, - * change the direction to output and set the GPIO as active. + * is, if gpiod_get_direction returns either 1 or -EINVAL, change the + * direction to output and set the GPIO as active. * Do not force the GPIO to active when it was already output as it * could cause backlight flickering or we would enable the backlight too * early. Leave the decision of the initial backlight state for later. */ if (pb->enable_gpio && - gpiod_get_direction(pb->enable_gpio) != GPIOF_DIR_OUT) + gpiod_get_direction(pb->enable_gpio) != 0) gpiod_direction_output(pb->enable_gpio, 1); pb->power_supply = devm_regulator_get(&pdev->dev, "power"); -- 2.11.0 -- 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