From: Bartosz Golaszewski Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2025 14:43:56 +0000 (+0100) Subject: gpiolib: don't bail out if get_direction() fails in gpiochip_add_data() X-Git-Tag: v6.14-rc4~16^2 X-Git-Url: https://git.kernel.dk/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=96fa9ec477ff60bed87e1441fd43e003179f3253;p=linux-block.git gpiolib: don't bail out if get_direction() fails in gpiochip_add_data() Since commit 9d846b1aebbe ("gpiolib: check the return value of gpio_chip::get_direction()") we check the return value of the get_direction() callback as per its API contract. Some drivers have been observed to fail to register now as they may call get_direction() in gpiochip_add_data() in contexts where it has always silently failed. Until we audit all drivers, replace the bail-out to a kernel log warning. Fixes: 9d846b1aebbe ("gpiolib: check the return value of gpio_chip::get_direction()") Reported-by: Mark Brown Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/Z7VFB1nST6lbmBIo@finisterre.sirena.org.uk/ Reported-by: Marek Szyprowski Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/dfe03f88-407e-4ef1-ad30-42db53bbd4e4@samsung.com/ Tested-by: Mark Brown Reviewed-by: Mark Brown Tested-by: Marek Szyprowski Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250219144356.258635-1-brgl@bgdev.pl Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski --- diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c index 5529d8b65f6f..fc19df5a64c2 100644 --- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c +++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c @@ -1059,7 +1059,15 @@ int gpiochip_add_data_with_key(struct gpio_chip *gc, void *data, if (gc->get_direction && gpiochip_line_is_valid(gc, desc_index)) { ret = gc->get_direction(gc, desc_index); if (ret < 0) - goto err_cleanup_desc_srcu; + /* + * FIXME: Bail-out here once all GPIO drivers + * are updated to not return errors in + * situations that can be considered normal + * operation. + */ + dev_warn(&gdev->dev, + "%s: get_direction failed: %d\n", + __func__, ret); assign_bit(FLAG_IS_OUT, &desc->flags, !ret); } else {