[PATCH 1/2] gpio: core: fix const-correctness of gpio_chip_guard

From: Marco Scardovi (scardracs)

Date: Sun May 24 2026 - 12:28:20 EST


The DEFINE_CLASS macro for gpio_chip_guard currently expects a non-const
struct gpio_desc pointer. This prevents the guard from being used cleanly
in fast paths that receive a const descriptor, forcing developers to fall
back to open-coding the SRCU locks.

Update the macro to accept a const struct gpio_desc pointer. This is valid
because the actual targeted gpio_device pointer assignment does not drop
const qualifiers on the target structure.

Convert the open-coded SRCU locks in gpiod_get_raw_value_commit() and
gpiod_to_irq() to use the guard, removing their legacy FIXME comments.

Assisted-by: Antigravity:gemini-3.5-flash
Signed-off-by: Marco Scardovi <scardracs@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c | 28 ++++++++--------------------
drivers/gpio/gpiolib.h | 2 +-
2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
index 69743d6deeaf..6b0c6e8abf7b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
@@ -3428,20 +3428,13 @@ static int gpio_chip_get_value(struct gpio_chip *gc, const struct gpio_desc *des

static int gpiod_get_raw_value_commit(const struct gpio_desc *desc)
{
- struct gpio_device *gdev;
- struct gpio_chip *gc;
int value;

- /* FIXME Unable to use gpio_chip_guard due to const desc. */
- gdev = desc->gdev;
-
- guard(srcu)(&gdev->srcu);
-
- gc = srcu_dereference(gdev->chip, &gdev->srcu);
- if (!gc)
+ CLASS(gpio_chip_guard, guard)(desc);
+ if (!guard.gc)
return -ENODEV;

- value = gpio_chip_get_value(gc, desc);
+ value = gpio_chip_get_value(guard.gc, desc);
value = value < 0 ? value : !!value;
trace_gpio_value(desc_to_gpio(desc), 1, value);
return value;
@@ -4148,8 +4141,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(gpiod_is_shared);
*/
int gpiod_to_irq(const struct gpio_desc *desc)
{
- struct gpio_device *gdev;
- struct gpio_chip *gc;
int offset;
int ret;

@@ -4157,16 +4148,13 @@ int gpiod_to_irq(const struct gpio_desc *desc)
if (ret <= 0)
return -EINVAL;

- gdev = desc->gdev;
- /* FIXME Cannot use gpio_chip_guard due to const desc. */
- guard(srcu)(&gdev->srcu);
- gc = srcu_dereference(gdev->chip, &gdev->srcu);
- if (!gc)
+ CLASS(gpio_chip_guard, guard)(desc);
+ if (!guard.gc)
return -ENODEV;

offset = gpiod_hwgpio(desc);
- if (gc->to_irq) {
- ret = gc->to_irq(gc, offset);
+ if (guard.gc->to_irq) {
+ ret = guard.gc->to_irq(guard.gc, offset);
if (ret)
return ret;

@@ -4174,7 +4162,7 @@ int gpiod_to_irq(const struct gpio_desc *desc)
return -ENXIO;
}
#ifdef CONFIG_GPIOLIB_IRQCHIP
- if (gc->irq.chip) {
+ if (guard.gc->irq.chip) {
/*
* Avoid race condition with other code, which tries to lookup
* an IRQ before the irqchip has been properly registered,
diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.h b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.h
index dc4cb61a9318..650a702741df 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.h
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.h
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ DEFINE_CLASS(gpio_chip_guard,

_guard;
}),
- struct gpio_desc *desc)
+ const struct gpio_desc *desc)

int gpiod_request(struct gpio_desc *desc, const char *label);
int gpiod_request_commit(struct gpio_desc *desc, const char *label);
--
2.54.0