[PATCH v3 1/3] gpio: gpio-regmap: add flags to control some behaviour

From: Marcos Del Sol Vives
Date: Thu Aug 21 2025 - 06:39:13 EST


The Vortex86 family of SoCs need the direction set before the value, else
writes to the DATA ports are ignored.

This commit adds a new "flags" field plus a flag to change the default
behaviour, which is to set first the direction and then the value.

Signed-off-by: Marcos Del Sol Vives <marcos@xxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/gpio/gpio-regmap.c | 17 ++++++++++++++++-
include/linux/gpio/regmap.h | 17 +++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-regmap.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-regmap.c
index e8a32dfebdcb..24cefbd57637 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-regmap.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-regmap.c
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ struct gpio_regmap {
unsigned int reg_clr_base;
unsigned int reg_dir_in_base;
unsigned int reg_dir_out_base;
+ unsigned int flags;

int (*reg_mask_xlate)(struct gpio_regmap *gpio, unsigned int base,
unsigned int offset, unsigned int *reg,
@@ -196,7 +197,20 @@ static int gpio_regmap_direction_input(struct gpio_chip *chip,
static int gpio_regmap_direction_output(struct gpio_chip *chip,
unsigned int offset, int value)
{
- gpio_regmap_set(chip, offset, value);
+ struct gpio_regmap *gpio = gpiochip_get_data(chip);
+ int ret;
+
+ if (gpio->flags & GPIO_REGMAP_DIR_BEFORE_SET) {
+ ret = gpio_regmap_set_direction(chip, offset, true);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
+ return gpio_regmap_set(chip, offset, value);
+ }
+
+ ret = gpio_regmap_set(chip, offset, value);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;

return gpio_regmap_set_direction(chip, offset, true);
}
@@ -247,6 +261,7 @@ struct gpio_regmap *gpio_regmap_register(const struct gpio_regmap_config *config
gpio->reg_clr_base = config->reg_clr_base;
gpio->reg_dir_in_base = config->reg_dir_in_base;
gpio->reg_dir_out_base = config->reg_dir_out_base;
+ gpio->flags = config->flags;

chip = &gpio->gpio_chip;
chip->parent = config->parent;
diff --git a/include/linux/gpio/regmap.h b/include/linux/gpio/regmap.h
index c722c67668c6..aea107e71fec 100644
--- a/include/linux/gpio/regmap.h
+++ b/include/linux/gpio/regmap.h
@@ -12,6 +12,20 @@ struct regmap;
#define GPIO_REGMAP_ADDR_ZERO ((unsigned int)(-1))
#define GPIO_REGMAP_ADDR(addr) ((addr) ? : GPIO_REGMAP_ADDR_ZERO)

+
+/**
+ * enum gpio_regmap_flags - flags to control GPIO operation
+ */
+enum gpio_regmap_flags {
+ /**
+ * @GPIO_REGMAP_DIR_BEFORE_SET: when setting a pin as an output, set
+ * its direction before the value. The output value will be undefined
+ * for a short time which may have unwanted side effects, but some
+ * hardware requires this.
+ */
+ GPIO_REGMAP_DIR_BEFORE_SET = BIT(0),
+};
+
/**
* struct gpio_regmap_config - Description of a generic regmap gpio_chip.
* @parent: The parent device
@@ -23,6 +37,8 @@ struct regmap;
* If not given, the name of the device is used.
* @ngpio: (Optional) Number of GPIOs
* @names: (Optional) Array of names for gpios
+ * @flags: (Optional) A bitmask of flags from
+ * &enum gpio_regmap_flags
* @reg_dat_base: (Optional) (in) register base address
* @reg_set_base: (Optional) set register base address
* @reg_clr_base: (Optional) clear register base address
@@ -68,6 +84,7 @@ struct gpio_regmap_config {
const char *label;
int ngpio;
const char *const *names;
+ unsigned int flags;

unsigned int reg_dat_base;
unsigned int reg_set_base;
--
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