[PATCH v3 4/4] gpio: Hide valid_mask from direct assignments

From: Matti Vaittinen
Date: Wed Mar 05 2025 - 08:21:22 EST


The valid_mask member of the struct gpio_chip is unconditionally written
by the GPIO core at driver registration. Current documentation does not
mention this but just says the valid_mask is used if it's not NULL. This
lured me to try populating it directly in the GPIO driver probe instead
of using the init_valid_mask() callback. It took some retries with
different bitmaps and eventually a bit of code-reading to understand why
the valid_mask was not obeyed. I could've avoided this trial and error if
the valid_mask was hidden in the struct gpio_device instead of being a
visible member of the struct gpio_chip.

Help the next developer who decides to directly populate the valid_mask
in struct gpio_chip by hiding the valid_mask in struct gpio_device and
keep it internal to the GPIO core.

Suggested-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Matti Vaittinen <mazziesaccount@xxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Revision history:
v2 => v3:
- Rebase to gpio/for-next
v1 => v2:
- Hide the valid_mask instead of documenting it as internal to GPIO
core as suggested by Linus W.
https://lore.kernel.org/all/Z71qphikHPGB0Yuv@mva-rohm/
---
drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c | 16 ++++++++--------
drivers/gpio/gpiolib.h | 3 +++
include/linux/gpio/driver.h | 8 --------
3 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
index 4c15a70d4d80..e5eb3f0ee071 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
@@ -672,7 +672,7 @@ static int gpiochip_apply_reserved_ranges(struct gpio_chip *gc)
if (start >= gc->ngpio || start + count > gc->ngpio)
continue;

- bitmap_clear(gc->valid_mask, start, count);
+ bitmap_clear(gc->gpiodev->valid_mask, start, count);
}

kfree(ranges);
@@ -686,8 +686,8 @@ static int gpiochip_init_valid_mask(struct gpio_chip *gc)
if (!(gpiochip_count_reserved_ranges(gc) || gc->init_valid_mask))
return 0;

- gc->valid_mask = gpiochip_allocate_mask(gc);
- if (!gc->valid_mask)
+ gc->gpiodev->valid_mask = gpiochip_allocate_mask(gc);
+ if (!gc->gpiodev->valid_mask)
return -ENOMEM;

ret = gpiochip_apply_reserved_ranges(gc);
@@ -696,7 +696,7 @@ static int gpiochip_init_valid_mask(struct gpio_chip *gc)

if (gc->init_valid_mask)
return gc->init_valid_mask(gc,
- gc->valid_mask,
+ gc->gpiodev->valid_mask,
gc->ngpio);

return 0;
@@ -704,7 +704,7 @@ static int gpiochip_init_valid_mask(struct gpio_chip *gc)

static void gpiochip_free_valid_mask(struct gpio_chip *gc)
{
- gpiochip_free_mask(&gc->valid_mask);
+ gpiochip_free_mask(&gc->gpiodev->valid_mask);
}

static int gpiochip_add_pin_ranges(struct gpio_chip *gc)
@@ -735,7 +735,7 @@ static int gpiochip_add_pin_ranges(struct gpio_chip *gc)
*/
const unsigned long *gpiochip_query_valid_mask(const struct gpio_chip *gc)
{
- return gc->valid_mask;
+ return gc->gpiodev->valid_mask;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(gpiochip_query_valid_mask);

@@ -743,9 +743,9 @@ bool gpiochip_line_is_valid(const struct gpio_chip *gc,
unsigned int offset)
{
/* No mask means all valid */
- if (likely(!gc->valid_mask))
+ if (likely(!gc->gpiodev->valid_mask))
return true;
- return test_bit(offset, gc->valid_mask);
+ return test_bit(offset, gc->gpiodev->valid_mask);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(gpiochip_line_is_valid);

diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.h b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.h
index 58af0491e60e..a738e6c647d8 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.h
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.h
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@
* @chip: pointer to the corresponding gpiochip, holding static
* data for this device
* @descs: array of ngpio descriptors.
+ * @valid_mask: If not %NULL, holds bitmask of GPIOs which are valid to be
+ * used from the chip.
* @desc_srcu: ensures consistent state of GPIO descriptors exposed to users
* @ngpio: the number of GPIO lines on this GPIO device, equal to the size
* of the @descs array.
@@ -65,6 +67,7 @@ struct gpio_device {
struct module *owner;
struct gpio_chip __rcu *chip;
struct gpio_desc *descs;
+ unsigned long *valid_mask;
struct srcu_struct desc_srcu;
unsigned int base;
u16 ngpio;
diff --git a/include/linux/gpio/driver.h b/include/linux/gpio/driver.h
index e3b59fda62e0..e6e5304c99ca 100644
--- a/include/linux/gpio/driver.h
+++ b/include/linux/gpio/driver.h
@@ -514,14 +514,6 @@ struct gpio_chip {
struct gpio_irq_chip irq;
#endif /* CONFIG_GPIOLIB_IRQCHIP */

- /**
- * @valid_mask:
- *
- * If not %NULL, holds bitmask of GPIOs which are valid to be used
- * from the chip.
- */
- unsigned long *valid_mask;
-
#if defined(CONFIG_OF_GPIO)
/*
* If CONFIG_OF_GPIO is enabled, then all GPIO controllers described in
--
2.48.1

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