Re: [PATCH 2/3] gpio: max77620: Implement gpio_get_direction callback

From: Linus Walleij
Date: Mon May 30 2016 - 11:03:42 EST


On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 3:13 PM, Laxman Dewangan <ldewangan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Implement gpio_get_direction() callback for MAX77620 GPIO.
> This is useful for debugfs and the userspace ABI.
>
> Signed-off-by: Laxman Dewangan <ldewangan@xxxxxxxxxx>

> #include <linux/gpio/driver.h>
> +#include <linux/gpio.h>

No. This is a sign that something is wrong, no driver should include
this unless it is using GPIOs as a resource itself.

> + return (val & MAX77620_CNFG_GPIO_DIR_MASK) ?
> + GPIOF_DIR_IN : GPIOF_DIR_OUT;

Just return 0 or 1. The driver-internal API isn't smarter than that.

Yours,
Linus Walleij