[PATCH v3] gpiolib: fix hogs with multiple lines

From: Bartosz Golaszewski

Date: Mon Mar 30 2026 - 04:52:08 EST


After moving GPIO hog handling into GPIOLIB core, we accidentally stopped
supporting devicetree hog definitions with multiple lines like so:

hog {
gpio-hog;
gpios = <3 0>, <4 GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW>;
output-high;
line-name = "foo";
};

Restore this functionality to fix reported regressions.

Fixes: d1d564ec4992 ("gpio: move hogs into GPIO core")
Reported-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAMuHMdX6RuZXAozrF5m625ZepJTVVr4pcyKczSk12MedWvoejw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
Tested-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes in v3:
- Fix types for some variables
- Make the return value check for "#gpio-cells" property stricter
- Link to v2: https://patch.msgid.link/20260326-gpio-hogs-multiple-v2-1-7c3813460e4f@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Changes in v2:
- Use a default value of 2 for the number of GPIO cells
- Use kzalloc_objs() instead of kcalloc()
- Propagate the error number from fwnode_property_read_u32()
- Remove special cases forced by the lack of default cells value
- Link to v1: https://patch.msgid.link/20260325-gpio-hogs-multiple-v1-1-7e3a7347f0d6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
---
drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c | 92 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------
1 file changed, 54 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
index 7ee45ccdf1265e94b68fe8fa0d10dbc6adccd93a..96c776ff2669ed2404048360297cf706bfe38251 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
@@ -938,12 +938,18 @@ int gpiochip_add_hog(struct gpio_chip *gc, struct fwnode_handle *fwnode)
struct fwnode_handle *gc_node = dev_fwnode(&gc->gpiodev->dev);
struct fwnode_reference_args gpiospec;
enum gpiod_flags dflags;
+ const char *name = NULL;
struct gpio_desc *desc;
+ unsigned int num_hogs;
unsigned long lflags;
- const char *name;
int ret, argc;
- u32 gpios[3]; /* We support up to three-cell bindings. */
- u32 cells;
+ /*
+ * For devicetree-based systems, this needs to be defined in bindings
+ * and there's no real default value. For other firmware descriptions
+ * it makes the most sense to use 2 cells for the GPIO offset and
+ * request flags.
+ */
+ u32 cells = 2;

lflags = GPIO_LOOKUP_FLAGS_DEFAULT;
dflags = GPIOD_ASIS;
@@ -952,42 +958,22 @@ int gpiochip_add_hog(struct gpio_chip *gc, struct fwnode_handle *fwnode)
argc = fwnode_property_count_u32(fwnode, "gpios");
if (argc < 0)
return argc;
- if (argc > 3)
- return -EINVAL;

- ret = fwnode_property_read_u32_array(fwnode, "gpios", gpios, argc);
- if (ret < 0)
+ ret = fwnode_property_read_u32(gc_node, "#gpio-cells", &cells);
+ if (ret && is_of_node(fwnode))
return ret;
+ if (argc % cells)
+ return -EINVAL;

- if (is_of_node(fwnode)) {
- /*
- * OF-nodes need some additional special handling for
- * translating of devicetree flags.
- */
- ret = fwnode_property_read_u32(gc_node, "#gpio-cells", &cells);
- if (ret)
- return ret;
- if (!ret && argc != cells)
- return -EINVAL;
-
- memset(&gpiospec, 0, sizeof(gpiospec));
- gpiospec.fwnode = fwnode;
- gpiospec.nargs = argc;
+ num_hogs = argc / cells;

- for (int i = 0; i < argc; i++)
- gpiospec.args[i] = gpios[i];
+ u32 *gpios __free(kfree) = kzalloc_objs(*gpios, argc);
+ if (!gpios)
+ return -ENOMEM;

- ret = of_gpiochip_get_lflags(gc, &gpiospec, &lflags);
- if (ret)
- return ret;
- } else {
- /*
- * GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW is currently the only lookup flag
- * supported for non-OF firmware nodes.
- */
- if (gpios[1])
- lflags |= GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW;
- }
+ ret = fwnode_property_read_u32_array(fwnode, "gpios", gpios, argc);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ return ret;

if (fwnode_property_present(fwnode, "input"))
dflags |= GPIOD_IN;
@@ -1000,11 +986,41 @@ int gpiochip_add_hog(struct gpio_chip *gc, struct fwnode_handle *fwnode)

fwnode_property_read_string(fwnode, "line-name", &name);

- desc = gpiochip_get_desc(gc, gpios[0]);
- if (IS_ERR(desc))
- return PTR_ERR(desc);
+ for (unsigned int i = 0; i < num_hogs; i++) {
+ if (is_of_node(fwnode)) {
+ /*
+ * OF-nodes need some additional special handling for
+ * translating of devicetree flags.
+ */
+ memset(&gpiospec, 0, sizeof(gpiospec));
+ gpiospec.fwnode = fwnode;
+ gpiospec.nargs = cells;
+
+ for (unsigned int j = 0; j < cells; j++)
+ gpiospec.args[j] = gpios[i * cells + j];
+
+ ret = of_gpiochip_get_lflags(gc, &gpiospec, &lflags);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+ } else {
+ /*
+ * GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW is currently the only lookup flag
+ * supported for non-OF firmware nodes.
+ */
+ if (gpios[i * cells + 1])
+ lflags |= GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW;
+ }
+
+ desc = gpiochip_get_desc(gc, gpios[i * cells]);
+ if (IS_ERR(desc))
+ return PTR_ERR(desc);

- return gpiod_hog(desc, name, lflags, dflags);
+ ret = gpiod_hog(desc, name, lflags, dflags);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+ }
+
+ return 0;
}

static int gpiochip_hog_lines(struct gpio_chip *gc)

---
base-commit: b99f90909bdc937914fd6017d67b66d445273650
change-id: 20260325-gpio-hogs-multiple-1718d38c1f5b

Best regards,
--
Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>