Re: [PATCH v6 5/8] gpiolib: Introduce gpiod_set_config()

From: Linus Walleij
Date: Fri Mar 27 2020 - 17:33:56 EST


On Fri, Mar 27, 2020 at 9:45 AM Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 10:26 PM Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 2:57 PM Geert Uytterhoeven
> > <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > The GPIO Aggregator will need a method to forward a .set_config() call
> > > to its parent gpiochip. This requires obtaining the gpio_chip and
> > > offset for a given gpio_desc. While gpiod_to_chip() is public,
> > > gpio_chip_hwgpio() is not, so there is currently no method to obtain the
> > > needed GPIO offset parameter.
> > >
> > > Hence introduce a public gpiod_set_config() helper, which invokes the
> > > .set_config() callback through a gpio_desc pointer, like is done for
> > > most other gpio_chip callbacks.
> > >
> > > Rewrite the existing gpiod_set_debounce() helper as a wrapper around
> > > gpiod_set_config(), to avoid duplication.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > > v6:
> > > - New.
> >
> > This is nice, I tried to actually just apply this (you also sent some
> > two cleanups that I tried to apply) byt Yue's cleanup patch
> > commit d18fddff061d2796525e6d4a958cb3d30aed8efd
> > "gpiolib: Remove duplicated function gpio_do_set_config()"
> > makes none of them apply :/
>
> /me confused.
>
> That commit was reverted later, so it shouldn't matter.
>
> I have just verified, and both my full series and just this single
> patch, do apply fine to all of current gpio/for-next, linus/master, and
> next-20200327. They even apply fine to gpio/for-next before or after
> the two cleanups I sent, too.
>
> What am I missing?

Ah I see, it is because my development branch is based on
v5.6-rc1. So I have to merge in a later -rc where this revert
is applied so that this applies.

Yours,
Linus Walleij