Add an else-if condition in the probe function to check whether ngpios is multiple of 8. Per AST datasheet, numbers of available serial GPIO pins in Serial GPIO Configuration Register must be n bytes. For instance, if n = 1, it means AST SoC supports 8 GPIO pins. Signed-off-by: Steven Lee <steven_lee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Andrew Jeffery <andrew@xxxxxxxx> --- drivers/gpio/gpio-aspeed-sgpio.c | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-aspeed-sgpio.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-aspeed-sgpio.c index b3d05fc724f0..191b82a2560c 100644 --- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-aspeed-sgpio.c +++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-aspeed-sgpio.c @@ -537,6 +537,10 @@ static int __init aspeed_sgpio_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) if (rc < 0) { dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Could not read ngpios property\n"); return -EINVAL; + } else if (nr_gpios % 8) { + dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Number of GPIOs not multiple of 8: %d\n", + nr_gpios); + return -EINVAL; } rc = device_property_read_u32(&pdev->dev, "bus-frequency", &sgpio_freq); -- 2.17.1