Re: [PATCH v6 5/8] gpiolib: Introduce gpiod_set_config()

From: Linus Walleij
Date: Fri Mar 27 2020 - 17:37:38 EST


On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 2:57 PM Geert Uytterhoeven
<geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> The GPIO Aggregator will need a method to forward a .set_config() call
> to its parent gpiochip. This requires obtaining the gpio_chip and
> offset for a given gpio_desc. While gpiod_to_chip() is public,
> gpio_chip_hwgpio() is not, so there is currently no method to obtain the
> needed GPIO offset parameter.
>
> Hence introduce a public gpiod_set_config() helper, which invokes the
> .set_config() callback through a gpio_desc pointer, like is done for
> most other gpio_chip callbacks.
>
> Rewrite the existing gpiod_set_debounce() helper as a wrapper around
> gpiod_set_config(), to avoid duplication.
>
> Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> v6:
> - New.

Patch applied in preparation for the next kernel cycle
so we get Geert's patch stack down.

Yours,
Linus Walleij