Re: [PATCH] gpiolib: don't bail out if get_direction() fails in gpiochip_add_data()

[Mark Brown]

On Wed, Feb 19, 2025 at 03:43:56PM +0100, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
> From: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Since commit 9d846b1aebbe ("gpiolib: check the return value of
> gpio_chip::get_direction()") we check the return value of the
> get_direction() callback as per its API contract. Some drivers have been
> observed to fail to register now as they may call get_direction() in
> gpiochip_add_data() in contexts where it has always silently failed.
> Until we audit all drivers, replace the bail-out to a kernel log
> warning.

For at least one of the affected boards:

Tested-by: Mark Brown <broonie@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Mark Brown <broonie@xxxxxxxxxx>

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