Re: [PATCH] pinctrl/amd: add get_direction handler

[Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Feb 16, 2018 at 8:12 PM, Daniel Kurtz <djkurtz@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On boot, gpiochip_add_data() initializes the FLAG_IS_OUT bit in
> desc->flags iff its gpio_chip does not have ->direction_input() handler,
> else it is initialized to 0, which implies the GPIO is an "input".
>
> Later, the sysfs "direction" handler will use gpiod_get_direction() to
> get the current direction, but if no ->get_direction() handler is
> installed, the result will just be the current (initial) value of flags,
> which will always be OUT irregardless of the initial register value.
>
> Add a get_direction() handler to pinctrl-amd to fix this and always
> provide the correct value for direction.
>
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Kurtz <djkurtz@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Hm, please don't use the sysfs... use the chardev!

Anyways, patch is fine and applied.

Yours,
Linus Walleij
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