Re: [PATCH 1/4] gpio: mvebu: Add limited PWM support

From: Andrew Lunn
Date: Sat Mar 18 2017 - 11:39:45 EST


> > +static void mvebu_pwm_free(struct pwm_chip *chip, struct pwm_device *pwmd)
> > +{
> > + struct mvebu_pwm *pwm = to_mvebu_pwm(chip);
> > + struct gpio_desc *desc = gpio_to_desc(pwmd->pwm);
> > + unsigned long flags;
> > +
> > + spin_lock_irqsave(&pwm->lock, flags);
> > + gpiod_free(desc);
> > + pwm->used = false;
> > + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pwm->lock, flags);
> > +}
>
> No need to set the output value to zero or something here?
> And turn off blinking? Or is that done some other way?

Hi Linus

The disable op will turn of blinking. I've not checked, but i assume
the PWM core will not allow you to free an enabled PWM?

> I think both of these need to be tagged __maybe_unused to not give
> noise in randconfig builds.

I've not seen any 0-day patch emails giving warnings. So i suspect it
is O.K.

Andrew