Re: [PATCH] input: gpio_keys: Don't report events on gpio failure

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On Tue 28 Jul 14:00 PDT 2015, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:

> Hi Bjorn,
> 
> On Mon, Jul 27, 2015 at 06:50:04PM -0700, Bjorn Andersson wrote:
> > In the cases where the gpio chip fails to acquire the current state an
> > error is reported back to gpio_keys. This is currently interpreted as if
> > the line went high, which just confuses the developer.
> > 
> > This patch introduces an error print in this case and skipps the
> > reporting of a input event; to aid in debugging this issue.
> > 
> > Reported-by: John Stultz <john.stultz@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  drivers/input/keyboard/gpio_keys.c | 8 +++++++-
> >  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/input/keyboard/gpio_keys.c b/drivers/input/keyboard/gpio_keys.c
> > index ddf4045de084..3ce3298ac09e 100644
> > --- a/drivers/input/keyboard/gpio_keys.c
> > +++ b/drivers/input/keyboard/gpio_keys.c
> > @@ -336,8 +336,14 @@ static void gpio_keys_gpio_report_event(struct gpio_button_data *bdata)
> >  	const struct gpio_keys_button *button = bdata->button;
> >  	struct input_dev *input = bdata->input;
> >  	unsigned int type = button->type ?: EV_KEY;
> > -	int state = (gpio_get_value_cansleep(button->gpio) ? 1 : 0) ^ button->active_low;
> > +	int state = gpio_get_value_cansleep(button->gpio);
> >  
> > +	if (state < 0) {
> > +		dev_err(input->dev.parent, "failed to get gpio state\n");
> 

[..]

> 
> So how exactly do we get negative here?
> 

Linus merged my change in gpiolib to propagate the error value, so as of
v4.3-rc2 this behaviour is now changed.

So please have a look at this patch again.

Regards,
Bjorn
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