Re: [PATCH] gpio: introduce a header for symbols shared by suppliers and consumers

[Linus Walleij]

On Mon, Feb 23, 2026 at 6:20 PM Bartosz Golaszewski
<bartosz.golaszewski@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> GPIO_LINE_DIRECTION_IN/OUT definitions are used both in supplier (GPIO
> controller drivers) as well as consumer code. In order to not force the
> consumers to include gpio/driver.h or - even worse - to redefine these
> values, create a new header file - gpio/defs.h - and move them over
> there. Include this header from both gpio/consumer.h and gpio/driver.h.
>
> Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Andy, Linus: I'm no longer sure who proposed it but I've had it on my
> TODO list. Please feel free to take credit below.

I'm just happy it happens, I ran into the problem.
Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linusw@xxxxxxxxxx>

Yours,
Linus Walleij