Re: [PATCH v3 3/7] gpiolib: Add support for GPIO line table lookup

[Linus Walleij]

On Wed, Nov 27, 2019 at 9:43 AM Geert Uytterhoeven
<address@hidden> wrote:

> Currently GPIOs can only be referred to by GPIO controller and offset in
> GPIO lookup tables.
>
> Add support for looking them up by line name.
>
> Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <address@hidden>

OK I see what you want to do...

> +               if (p->chip_hwnum == (u16)-1) {

If you want to use this then use:

if (p->chip_hwnum == U16_MAX)

from <linux/limits.h>

> +                       desc = gpio_name_to_desc(p->chip_label);
> +                       if (desc) {
> +                               *flags = p->flags;
> +                               return desc;
> +                       }
> +
> +                       dev_warn(dev, "cannot find GPIO line %s, deferring\n",
> +                                p->chip_label);
> +                       return ERR_PTR(-EPROBE_DEFER);
> +               }
> +
>                 chip = find_chip_by_name(p->chip_label);
>
>                 if (!chip) {
> diff --git a/include/linux/gpio/machine.h b/include/linux/gpio/machine.h
> index 1ebe5be05d5f81fa..84c1c097e55eefaf 100644
> --- a/include/linux/gpio/machine.h
> +++ b/include/linux/gpio/machine.h
> @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ enum gpio_lookup_flags {
>   */
>  struct gpiod_lookup {
>         const char *chip_label;
> -       u16 chip_hwnum;
> +       u16 chip_hwnum;                 /* if -1, chip_label is named line */

/* if U16_MAX then chip_label is the named line we are looking for */

But the member name "chip_label" is completely abused with this
setup, it should then be renamed as part of the patch set to something
like chip_label_or_line_name so it is clear what it is or
just name it "const char *key".

But I'm not entirely convinced about reusing the existing
struct gpio_lookup for this.

What about constructing a new lookup struct specifically for this?
I understand it is more work, but will that not be more
maintainable and readable?

Yours,
Linus Walleij