Re: [PATCH] gpiolib: fix allocation of mixed dynamic/static GPIOs

[Andy Shevchenko]

On Thu, Apr 27, 2023 at 8:40 AM Christophe Leroy
<christophe.leroy@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Le 27/04/2023 à 00:03, Andreas Kemnade a écrit :
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> > If static allocation and dynamic allocation GPIOs are present,
> > dynamic allocation pollutes the numberspace for static allocation,
> > causing static allocation to fail.
> > Enfore dynamic allocation above GPIO_DYNAMIC_BASE.
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> Hum ....
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> Commit 7b61212f2a07 ("gpiolib: Get rid of ARCH_NR_GPIOS") was supposed
> to enforce dynamic allocation above GPIO_DYNAMIC_BASE already.
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> Can you describe what is going wrong exactly with the above commit ?

Above commit only works to the first dynamic allocation, if you need
more than one with static ones present it mistakenly will give you a
base _below_ DYNAMIC_BASE.

However, this change is just PoC I proposed, the conditional and
action should be slightly different to cover a corner case, when
statically allocated chip overlaps the DYNAMIC_BASE, i.e. gdev->base <
DYNAMIC_BASE, while gdev->base + gdev->ngpio >= DYNAMIC_BASE.


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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko