Re: [PATCH v2 03/23] gpio: sysfs: fix redundant lock-as-irq handling

[Linus Walleij]

On Mon, May 4, 2015 at 5:10 PM, Johan Hovold <johan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Drivers should call gpiochip_lock_as_irq (which prevents the pin
> direction from being changed) in their irq_request_resources callbacks
> but some drivers currently fail to do so.
>
> Instead a second, explicit and often redundant call to lock-as-irq is
> made by the sysfs-interface implementation after an irq has been
> requested.
>
> Move the explicit call before the irq-request to match the unlock done
> after the irq is later released. Note that this also fixes an irq leak,
> should the explicit call ever have failed.
>
> Also add a comment about removing the redundant call once the broken
> drivers have been fixed.
>
> Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@xxxxxxxxxx>

Patch applied.

Yours,
Linus Walleij
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