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@@ -62,6 +62,37 @@ Any debugfs dump method should normally ignore signals which haven't been
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requested as GPIOs. They can use gpiochip_is_requested(), which returns either
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NULL or the label associated with that GPIO when it was requested.
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+GPIO drivers providing IRQs
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+---------------------------
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+It is custom that GPIO drivers (GPIO chips) are also providing interrupts,
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+most often cascaded off a parent interrupt controller, and in some special
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+cases the GPIO logic is melded with a SoC's primary interrupt controller.
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+
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+The IRQ portions of the GPIO block are implemented using an irqchip, using
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+the header <linux/irq.h>. So basically such a driver is utilizing two sub-
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+systems simultaneously: gpio and irq.
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+
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+It is legal for any IRQ consumer to request an IRQ from any irqchip no matter
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+if that is a combined GPIO+IRQ driver. The basic premise is that gpio_chip and
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+irq_chip are orthogonal, and offering their services independent of each
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+other.
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+
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+gpiod_to_irq() is just a convenience function to figure out the IRQ for a
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+certain GPIO line and should not be relied upon to have been called before
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+the IRQ is used.
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+So always prepare the hardware and make it ready for action in respective
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+callbacks from the GPIO and irqchip APIs. Do not rely on gpiod_to_irq() having
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+been called first.
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+
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+This orthogonality leads to ambiguities that we need to solve: if there is
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+competition inside the subsystem which side is using the resource (a certain
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+GPIO line and register for example) it needs to deny certain operations and
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+keep track of usage inside of the gpiolib subsystem. This is why the API
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+below exists.
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Locking IRQ usage
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-----------------
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Input GPIOs can be used as IRQ signals. When this happens, a driver is requested
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@@ -73,3 +104,7 @@ This will prevent the use of non-irq related GPIO APIs until the GPIO IRQ lock
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is released:
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void gpiod_unlock_as_irq(struct gpio_desc *desc)
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+
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+When implementing an irqchip inside a GPIO driver, these two functions should
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+typically be called in the .startup() and .shutdown() callbacks from the
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+irqchip.
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