Re: [PATCH] backlight: gpio-backlight: Fix warning when the GPIO is on a I2C chip

[Linus Walleij]

On Fri, May 9, 2014 at 5:42 AM, Jingoo Han <jg1.han@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Linus Walleij,
> Is there any reason to keep these two functions such as
> gpiod_set_raw_value_cansleep() and gpiod_set_raw_value()?

Yes, the former can *not* be called from interrupt context,
and thus erroneous usage can be detected with runtime checks.

Yours,
Linus Walleij
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