Re: [PATCH 3/3] gpio: lib-sysfs: Add 'wakeup' attribute

[Linus Walleij]

On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 7:58 PM, Soren Brinkmann
<soren.brinkmann@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Add an attribute 'wakeup' to the GPIO sysfs interface which allows
> marking/unmarking a GPIO as wake IRQ.
> The file 'wakeup' is created in each exported GPIOs directory, if an IRQ
> is associated with that GPIO and the irqchip implements set_wake().
> Writing 'enabled' to that file will enable wake for that GPIO, while
> writing 'disabled' will disable wake.
> Reading that file will return either 'disabled' or 'enabled' depening on
> the currently set flag for the GPIO's IRQ.
>
> Signed-off-by: Soren Brinkmann <soren.brinkmann@xxxxxxxxxx>

While I do see the utility of this patch, any kind of interrupt and
related handling in userspace makes me super-stressed and
nervous.

I need wide consent for this and please post this patch separately
from the zynq-related patches.

Yours,
Linus Walleij
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