[PATCH 0/6] Add support for software nodes to gpiolib

From: Dmitry Torokhov
Date: Fri Nov 04 2022 - 02:10:41 EST


This series attempts to add support for software nodes to gpiolib, using
software node references. This allows us to convert more drivers to the
generic device properties and drop support for custom platform data.

To describe a GPIO via software nodes we can create the following data
items:

/* Node representing the GPIO controller/GPIO bank */
static const struct software_node gpio_bank_b_node = {
.name = "B",
};

/*
* Properties that will be assigned to a software node assigned to
* the devicei that used platform data.
*/
static const struct property_entry simone_key_enter_props[] = {
PROPERTY_ENTRY_U32("linux,code", KEY_ENTER),
PROPERTY_ENTRY_STRING("label", "enter"),
PROPERTY_ENTRY_REF("gpios", &gpio_bank_b_node, 123, GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW),
{ }
};

The code in gpiolib handling software nodes uses the name in the
software node representing GPIO controller to locate the actual instance
of GPIO controller.

Note that kbuild robot is likely to complain about this patchset because
it depends on patches removing [devm_]gpiod_get_from_of_node() and
devm_fwnode_get_[index_]gpiod_from_child() APIs that are still pending.
I pushed them to

git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dtor/input.git tmp-gpiolib

for your reference.

To: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@xxxxxxxx>
To: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-gpio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: linux-acpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

---
Dmitry Torokhov (6):
gpiolib: of: change of_find_gpio() to accept device node
gpiolib: acpi: change acpi_find_gpio() to accept firmware node
gpiolib: acpi: teach acpi_find_gpio() to handle data-only nodes
gpiolib: acpi: avoid leaking ACPI details into upper gpiolib layers
gpiolib: consolidate GPIO lookups
gpiolib: add support for software nodes

drivers/gpio/Makefile | 1 +
drivers/gpio/gpiolib-acpi.c | 132 +++++++++++++----------
drivers/gpio/gpiolib-acpi.h | 54 +---------
drivers/gpio/gpiolib-of.c | 52 +--------
drivers/gpio/gpiolib-of.h | 16 +--
drivers/gpio/gpiolib-swnode.c | 106 +++++++++++++++++++
drivers/gpio/gpiolib-swnode.h | 13 +++
drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c | 239 ++++++++++++++++++++----------------------
8 files changed, 316 insertions(+), 297 deletions(-)
---
base-commit: dc04f5ab1b1114aa19b9026f816fc01ca9c9941d
change-id: 20221031-gpiolib-swnode-948203f49b23

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Dmitry