Re: rc4 and later log message: gpiochip_add_data_with_key: get_direction failed -> missing pinctrl patch

[Bartosz Golaszewski]

On Fri, Mar 28, 2025 at 11:00 AM Genes Lists <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> On Sun, 2025-03-16 at 08:48 -0400, Genes Lists wrote:
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> On Tue, 2025-03-11 at 10:40 -0700, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
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> On Tue, 11 Mar 2025 15:03:59 +0100, Genes Lists <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx> said:
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> On Sat, 2025-03-08 at 15:45 -0500, Genes Lists wrote:
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> ......
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> There are two problems here. The issue you're seeing is fixed in next but
> not in mainline due to my omission. I will send a patch for that.
>
> On the other hand, the pinctrl driver in question should be fixed too.
> Can you try the following change:
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> diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/intel/pinctrl-intel.c
> b/drivers/pinctrl/intel/pinctrl-intel.c
> index d889c7c878e2..0c6925b53d9f 100644
> --- a/drivers/pinctrl/intel/pinctrl-intel.c
> +++ b/drivers/pinctrl/intel/pinctrl-intel.c
> @@ -1068,7 +1068,11 @@ static int intel_gpio_get_direction(struct
> gpio_chip *chip, unsigned int offset)
>
>         pin = intel_gpio_to_pin(pctrl, offset, NULL, NULL);
>         if (pin < 0)
> -               return -EINVAL;
> +               /*
> +                * For pins configured to functions other than GPIO, default
> +                * to the safe INPUT value.
> +                */
> +               return GPIO_LINE_DIRECTION_IN;
>
>         reg = intel_get_padcfg(pctrl, pin, PADCFG0);
>         if (!reg)
>
> ?
>
> FYI: This was uncovered by commit 9d846b1aebbe ("gpiolib: check the
> return value of gpio_chip::get_direction()").
>
> Bart
>
>
> Hi Bart - I don't see this pincntrl patch in mainline yet -  what's your thinking on this?
>
> thanks!
>
>
>
> Following up - same question - this patch is not in mainline as of today.
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> Can you share your thoughts/plans on this one?
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> thanks.
>
>
> --
>
> Gene
>

My thoughts are that this is in mainline as commit 0102fbf52b93e
("gpiolib: don't check the retval of get_direction() when registering
a chip")[1].

Bart

[1] https://web.git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0102fbf52b93e609fec0dab53b1fb4fe69113f5e