Re: [PATCH 2/2] Input: gpio_keys - replace timer and workqueue with delayed workqueue

From: Linus Walleij
Date: Sun Dec 14 2014 - 04:05:57 EST


On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 8:21 AM, Dmitry Torokhov
<dmitry.torokhov@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> We do not need to roll our own implementation of delayed work now that we
> have proper implementation of mod_delayed_work.
>
> For interrupt-only driven buttons we retain the timer, but we rename
> it to release_timer to better reflect its purpose.
>
> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@xxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx>

What I want to do with this, on top of this, is to move debouncing to
the GPIO subsystem. I want gpio(d)_set_debounce() to *always*
work and the timer moved to gpiolib.c.

We can't have debouncing in every subsystem using GPIOs, it
belongs in the GPIO core.

Yours,
Linus Walleij
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