Re: [PATCH v5 04/12] gpio: aggregator: move GPIO forwarder allocation in a dedicated function

From: Geert Uytterhoeven
Date: Fri May 09 2025 - 04:05:44 EST


Hi Thomas,

On Tue, 6 May 2025 at 17:21, Thomas Richard <thomas.richard@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Move the GPIO forwarder allocation and static initialization in a dedicated
> function.
>
> Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Richard <thomas.richard@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks for your patch!

> --- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-aggregator.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-aggregator.c
> @@ -498,6 +498,36 @@ static int gpiochip_fwd_setup_delay_line(struct device *dev, struct gpio_chip *c
> }
> #endif /* !CONFIG_OF_GPIO */
>
> +static struct gpiochip_fwd *
> +devm_gpiochip_fwd_alloc(struct device *dev, unsigned int ngpios)
> +{
> + const char *label = dev_name(dev);
> + struct gpiochip_fwd *fwd;
> + struct gpio_chip *chip;
> +
> + fwd = devm_kzalloc(dev, struct_size(fwd, tmp, fwd_tmp_size(ngpios)), GFP_KERNEL);
> + if (!fwd)
> + return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);

The caller expects NULL for failures.
So either this return value has to be changed, or the caller needs
to be updated, too.

> +
> + chip = &fwd->chip;
> +
> + chip->label = label;

Since you will have to respin this patch anyway, you may want to
drop the label variable, and use dev_name(dev) directly.

> + chip->parent = dev;
> + chip->owner = THIS_MODULE;
> + chip->get_direction = gpio_fwd_get_direction;
> + chip->direction_input = gpio_fwd_direction_input;
> + chip->direction_output = gpio_fwd_direction_output;
> + chip->get = gpio_fwd_get;
> + chip->get_multiple = gpio_fwd_get_multiple_locked;
> + chip->set_rv = gpio_fwd_set;
> + chip->set_multiple_rv = gpio_fwd_set_multiple_locked;
> + chip->to_irq = gpio_fwd_to_irq;
> + chip->base = -1;
> + chip->ngpio = ngpios;
> +
> + return fwd;
> +}
> +
> /**
> * gpiochip_fwd_create() - Create a new GPIO forwarder
> * @dev: Parent device pointer
> @@ -518,14 +548,12 @@ static struct gpiochip_fwd *gpiochip_fwd_create(struct device *dev,
> struct gpio_desc *descs[],
> unsigned long features)
> {
> - const char *label = dev_name(dev);
> struct gpiochip_fwd *fwd;
> struct gpio_chip *chip;
> unsigned int i;
> int error;
>
> - fwd = devm_kzalloc(dev, struct_size(fwd, tmp, fwd_tmp_size(ngpios)),
> - GFP_KERNEL);
> + fwd = devm_gpiochip_fwd_alloc(dev, ngpios);
> if (!fwd)
> return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
>

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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