Re: [PATCH] gpio: aggregator: Add interrupt support

[Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Oct 4, 2021 at 3:45 PM Geert Uytterhoeven
<geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Currently the GPIO Aggregator does not support interrupts.  This means
> that kernel drivers going from a GPIO to an IRQ using gpiod_to_irq(),
> and userspace applications using line events do not work.
>
> Add interrupt support by providing a gpio_chip.to_irq() callback, which
> just calls into the parent GPIO controller.
>
> Note that this does not implement full interrupt controller (irq_chip)
> support, so using e.g. gpio-keys with "interrupts" instead of "gpios"
> still does not work.

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> @@ -414,7 +421,8 @@ static struct gpiochip_fwd *gpiochip_fwd_create(struct device *dev,
>         for (i = 0; i < ngpios; i++) {
>                 struct gpio_chip *parent = gpiod_to_chip(descs[i]);
>
> -               dev_dbg(dev, "%u => gpio-%d\n", i, desc_to_gpio(descs[i]));
> +               dev_dbg(dev, "%u => gpio %d irq %d\n", i,
> +                       desc_to_gpio(descs[i]), gpiod_to_irq(descs[i]));

This is an unconditional call that will allocate the IRQ descriptor
even if we don't use it. Correct?
If so, I don't like this.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko