Re: [PATCH 1/3] gpio: mockup: fix indicated direction

From: Bartosz Golaszewski
Date: Fri Nov 09 2018 - 12:23:17 EST


pt., 9 lis 2018 o 18:03 Uwe Kleine-KÃnig
<u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> napisaÅ(a):
>
> Hello Bartosz,
>
> On Fri, Nov 09, 2018 at 04:24:10PM +0100, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
> > pt., 9 lis 2018 o 15:39 Uwe Kleine-KÃnig
> > <u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> napisaÅ(a):
> > > On Fri, Nov 09, 2018 at 02:53:16PM +0100, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
> > > > pt., 9 lis 2018 o 14:10 Uwe Kleine-KÃnig
> > > > <u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> napisaÅ(a):
> > > > > Which test failed exactly?
> > > >
> > > > All gpioinfo tests that check the output of this command and expect to
> > > > see input as line direction.
> > >
> > > This wasn't the answer I expected. The background of my question was:
> > > This failing test seems to expect that a given GPIO is an input. If that
> > > expectation already exists after the gpio is only requested, then the
> > > test is broken and a fix is necessary there.
> >
> > The test is only expected to work with gpio-mockup which is a dummy
> > testing module. I believe its behavior should be as deterministic as
> > possible to the point where newly created chips always have the same
> > direction.
>
> Given that the initial direction of a GPIO isn't fixed in my eyes the
> test should be able to cope with both possibilities. I'd say it's a bug
> in the test if it doesn't.
>

As I said before: it is and should be fixed in this specific case.
This isn't real hardware.

Bart