[PATCH] serial: max310x: implement gpio_chip::get_direction()

From: Tapio Reijonen

Date: Tue Jun 02 2026 - 06:03:39 EST


It's strongly recommended for GPIO drivers to always implement the
.get_direction() callback - even when the direction is tracked in
software. The GPIO core emits a warning when the callback is missing
and a user reads the direction of a line, e.g. via
/sys/kernel/debug/gpio.

The MAX310X keeps the GPIO direction in the GPIOCFG register (a set bit
selects output), which the existing direction_input/output callbacks
already program, so the current direction can be read back directly.

Fixes: f65444187a66 ("serial: New serial driver MAX310X")
Signed-off-by: Tapio Reijonen <tapio.reijonen@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Found and HW-tested on an i.MX6 SoloX board with a MAX14830 over SPI:
without this, "cat /sys/kernel/debug/gpio" triggers the gpiolib.c:429
WARNING (tainting the kernel W) on each queried MAX14830 line; with it
applied the lines report their in/out direction and the WARNING is gone.
---
drivers/tty/serial/max310x.c | 13 +++++++++++++
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/max310x.c b/drivers/tty/serial/max310x.c
index ac7d3f197c3a5ce3531d5607f48e21a807314021..96df54a90b009d1b547f7a639b0b9a4281daf073 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/max310x.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/max310x.c
@@ -1212,6 +1212,18 @@ static int max310x_gpio_set(struct gpio_chip *chip, unsigned int offset,
return 0;
}

+static int max310x_gpio_get_direction(struct gpio_chip *chip, unsigned int offset)
+{
+ struct max310x_port *s = gpiochip_get_data(chip);
+ struct uart_port *port = &s->p[offset / 4].port;
+ unsigned int val;
+
+ val = max310x_port_read(port, MAX310X_GPIOCFG_REG);
+
+ return (val & (1 << (offset % 4))) ? GPIO_LINE_DIRECTION_OUT
+ : GPIO_LINE_DIRECTION_IN;
+}
+
static int max310x_gpio_direction_input(struct gpio_chip *chip, unsigned int offset)
{
struct max310x_port *s = gpiochip_get_data(chip);
@@ -1421,6 +1433,7 @@ static int max310x_probe(struct device *dev, const struct max310x_devtype *devty
s->gpio.owner = THIS_MODULE;
s->gpio.parent = dev;
s->gpio.label = devtype->name;
+ s->gpio.get_direction = max310x_gpio_get_direction;
s->gpio.direction_input = max310x_gpio_direction_input;
s->gpio.get = max310x_gpio_get;
s->gpio.direction_output= max310x_gpio_direction_output;

---
base-commit: e7ae89a0c97ce2b68b0983cd01eda67cf373517d
change-id: 20260602-b4-serial-max310x-gpio-get-direction-b10ee5be4f24

Best regards,
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Tapio Reijonen <tapio.reijonen@xxxxxxxxxxx>