Re: [PATCH] pinctrl: qcom: ipq4019: mark gpio as a GPIO pin function

From: Linus Walleij

Date: Fri Apr 24 2026 - 03:16:27 EST


On Mon, Apr 13, 2026 at 3:53 PM Til Kaiser <mail@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> The qcom pinctrl core supports marking functions that represent GPIO mode
> via PINCTRL_GPIO_PINFUNCTION(), so that strict pinmuxing does not reject
> GPIO requests for pins that are muxed to the GPIO function.
>
> ipq4019 still describes its gpio function with QCA_PIN_FUNCTION(gpio),
> so it is not treated as a GPIO pin function. As a result, GPIO consumers
> can still conflict with pinctrl states that select the "gpio" function.
>
> Add a QCA_GPIO_PIN_FUNCTION() helper and use it for the ipq4019 gpio
> function, matching how the msm-based qcom drivers handle this.
>
> This allows ipq4019 to keep the GPIO-related pin configuration in DTS
> without tripping over strict pinmux ownership checks.
>
> Fixes: cc85cb96e2e4 ("pinctrl: qcom: make the pinmuxing strict")
> Signed-off-by: Til Kaiser <mail@xxxxxxxx>

Patch applied for fixes!

Yours,
Linus Walleij