Re: [PATCH v2 5/6] gpiolib: switch the line state notifier to atomic

[Kent Gibson]

On Thu, Oct 10, 2024 at 11:10:26AM +0200, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
> From: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> With everything else ready, we can now switch to using the atomic
> notifier for line state events which will allow us to notify user-space
> about direction changes from atomic context.
>
> Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/gpio/gpiolib-cdev.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++------
>  drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c      |  6 +++---
>  drivers/gpio/gpiolib.h      |  2 +-
>  3 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-cdev.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-cdev.c
> index 2677134b52cd..7eae0b17a1d6 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-cdev.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-cdev.c
> @@ -2673,6 +2673,16 @@ static int lineinfo_changed_notify(struct notifier_block *nb,
>  	if (!test_bit(gpio_chip_hwgpio(desc), cdev->watched_lines))
>  		return NOTIFY_DONE;
>
> +	/*
> +	 * This is called from atomic context (with a spinlock taken by the
> +	 * atomic notifier chain). Any sleeping calls must be done outside of
> +	 * this function in process context of the dedicated workqueue.
> +	 *
> +	 * Let's gather as much info as possible from the descriptor and
> +	 * postpone just the call to pinctrl_gpio_can_use_line() until the work
> +	 * is executed.
> +	 */
> +

Should be in patch 4?  You aren't otherwise changing that function here.

Cheers,
Kent.