[PATCH 1/3] gpiolib: don't use gpiochip_get_direction() when registering a chip

From: Bartosz Golaszewski
Date: Tue Feb 25 2025 - 07:01:34 EST


From: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@xxxxxxxxxx>

During chip registration we should neither check the return value of
gc->get_direction() nor hold the SRCU lock when calling it. The former
is because pin controllers may have pins set to alternate functions and
return errors from their get_direction() callbacks. That's alright - we
should default to the safe INPUT state and not bail-out. The latter is
not needed because we haven't registered the chip yet so there's nothing
to protect against dynamic removal. In fact: we currently hit a lockdep
splat. Revert to calling the gc->get_direction() callback directly not
not checking its value.

Fixes: 9d846b1aebbe ("gpiolib: check the return value of gpio_chip::get_direction()")
Fixes: e623c4303ed1 ("gpiolib: sanitize the return value of gpio_chip::get_direction()")
Reported-by: Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/81f890fc-6688-42f0-9756-567efc8bb97a@xxxxxxxxxxx/
Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c | 20 ++++----------------
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
index e8678a6c82ea..31d400b10167 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
@@ -1082,24 +1082,12 @@ int gpiochip_add_data_with_key(struct gpio_chip *gc, void *data,

desc->gdev = gdev;

- if (gc->get_direction && gpiochip_line_is_valid(gc, desc_index)) {
- ret = gpiochip_get_direction(gc, desc_index);
- if (ret < 0)
- /*
- * FIXME: Bail-out here once all GPIO drivers
- * are updated to not return errors in
- * situations that can be considered normal
- * operation.
- */
- dev_warn(&gdev->dev,
- "%s: get_direction failed: %d\n",
- __func__, ret);
-
- assign_bit(FLAG_IS_OUT, &desc->flags, !ret);
- } else {
+ if (gc->get_direction && gpiochip_line_is_valid(gc, desc_index))
+ assign_bit(FLAG_IS_OUT, &desc->flags,
+ !gc->get_direction(gc, desc_index));
+ else
assign_bit(FLAG_IS_OUT,
&desc->flags, !gc->direction_input);
- }
}

ret = of_gpiochip_add(gc);

--
2.45.2