Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] gpiolib: check the 'ngpios' property in core gpiolib code

[Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Nov 24, 2021 at 04:46:58PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 24, 2021 at 01:28:50PM +0100, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
> > Several drivers read the 'ngpios' device property on their own, but
> > since it's defined as a standard GPIO property in the device tree bindings
> > anyway, it's a good candidate for generalization. If the driver didn't
> > set its gc->ngpio, try to read the 'ngpios' property from the GPIO
> > device's firmware node before bailing out.

...

> What about the modified suggestion from previous version:
> 
> 	if (gc->ngpio == 0) {
> 		ret = device_property_read_u32(&gdev->dev, "ngpios", &ngpios);
> 		/*
> 		 * -ENODATA means that there is no property found and
> 		 * we want to issue the error message to the user. Besides
> 		 * that, we want to return different error code to state
> 		 * that supplied value is not valid.
> 		 */
> 		if (ret == -ENODATA)
> 			ngpios = 0;
> 		else if (ret)
> 			return ret;
> 
> 		gc->ngpio = ngpios;
> 	}
> 
> 	if (gc->ngpio == 0) {
> 		chip_err(gc, "tried to insert a GPIO chip with zero lines\n");
> 		ret = -EINVAL;
> 		goto err_free_descs;
> 	}
> 
> ?

If you okay to go with this code,
Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko