Re: [RFC PATCH] gpio: sysfs: make the sysfs export behavior consistent

[Bartosz Golaszewski]

On Wed, Oct 2, 2024 at 3:12 PM Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> On Fri, Sep 27, 2024 at 9:42 AM Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > From: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > For drivers or board files that set gpio_chip->names, the links to the
> > GPIO attribute group created on sysfs export will be named after the
> > line's name set in that array. For lines that are named using device
> > properties, the names pointer of the gpio_chip struct is never assigned
> > so they are exported as if they're not named.
> >
> > The ABI documentation does not mention the former behavior and given
> > that the majority of modern systems use device-tree, ACPI or other way
> > of passing GPIO names using device properties - bypassing gc->names -
> > it's better to make the behavior consistent by always exporting lines as
> > "gpioXYZ".
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@xxxxxxxxxx>
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> I'm in favor of this.
> Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx>
>

I take it this also applies to v2 and am picking it up instead of this one.

Bart

> > Story time:
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> That's a good story :) Fun to see how you arrived at this.
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> Yours,
> Linus Walleij