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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 1/3] serial: mctrl_gpio: Avoid probe failures in case of missing gpiolib
On Thu, Aug 01, 2019 at 06:45:21PM +0000, Schrempf Frieder wrote:
> From: Frieder Schrempf <frieder.schrempf@kontron.de>
>
> If CONFIG_GPIOLIB is not enabled, mctrl_gpio_init() and
> mctrl_gpio_init_noauto() will currently return an error pointer with
> -ENOSYS. As the mctrl GPIOs are usually optional, drivers need to
> check for this condition to allow continue probing.
>
> To avoid the need for this check in each driver, we return NULL
> instead, as all the mctrl_gpio_*() functions are skipped anyway.
> We also adapt mctrl_gpio_to_gpiod() to be in line with this change.
>
> Signed-off-by: Frieder Schrempf <frieder.schrempf@kontron.de>
> Reviewed-by: Fabio Estevam <festevam@gmail.com>

nitpick: put your S-o-b last.

> ---
> Changes in v2
> =============
> * Move the sh_sci changes to a separate patch
> * Add a patch for the 8250 driver
> * Add Fabio's R-b tag
> ---
> drivers/tty/serial/serial_mctrl_gpio.c | 3 +++
> drivers/tty/serial/serial_mctrl_gpio.h | 6 +++---
> 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/serial_mctrl_gpio.c b/drivers/tty/serial/serial_mctrl_gpio.c
> index 2b400189be91..54c43e02e375 100644
> --- a/drivers/tty/serial/serial_mctrl_gpio.c
> +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/serial_mctrl_gpio.c
> @@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mctrl_gpio_set);
> struct gpio_desc *mctrl_gpio_to_gpiod(struct mctrl_gpios *gpios,
> enum mctrl_gpio_idx gidx)
> {
> + if (gpios == NULL)
> + return NULL;
> +

I wonder why you need this. If GPIOLIB is off this code isn't active and
with GPIOLIB calling mctrl_gpio_to_gpiod with a gpios == NULL is a bug
that IMHO should not be silently ignored.

Am I missing something (again)?

> return gpios->gpio[gidx];
> }

Best regards
Uwe

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