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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2016-10-24 21:19:07 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2016-10-24 21:19:07 -0700
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Merge tag 'gpio-v4.9-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linusw/linux-gpio
Pull GPIO fixes from Linus Walleij: "Here is a set of GPIO fixes for the v4.9 kernel series: - Fix up off-by one and line offset validation, info leak to userspace, and reject invalid flags. Those are especially valuable hardening patches from Lars-Peter Clausen, all tagged for stable. - Fix module autoload for TS4800 and ATH79. - Correct the IRQ handler for MPC8xxx to use handle_level_irq() as it (a) reacts to edges not levels and (b) even implements .irq_ack(). We were missing IRQs here. - Fix the error path for acpi_dev_gpio_irq_get() - Fix a memory leak in the MXS driver. - Fix an annoying typo in the STMPE driver. - Put a dependency on sysfs to the mockup driver" * tag 'gpio-v4.9-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linusw/linux-gpio: gpio: mpc8xxx: Correct irq handler function gpio: ath79: Fix module autoload gpio: ts4800: Fix module autoload gpio: GPIO_GET_LINEEVENT_IOCTL: Reject invalid line and event flags gpio: GPIO_GET_LINEHANDLE_IOCTL: Reject invalid line flags gpio: GPIOHANDLE_GET_LINE_VALUES_IOCTL: Fix information leak gpio: GPIO_GET_LINEEVENT_IOCTL: Validate line offset gpio: GPIOHANDLE_GET_LINE_VALUES_IOCTL: Fix information leak gpio: GPIO_GET_LINEHANDLE_IOCTL: Validate line offset gpio: GPIO_GET_CHIPINFO_IOCTL: Fix information leak gpio: GPIO_GET_CHIPINFO_IOCTL: Fix line offset validation gpio / ACPI: fix returned error from acpi_dev_gpio_irq_get() gpio: mockup: add sysfs dependency gpio: stmpe: || vs && typo gpio: mxs: Unmap region obtained by of_iomap gpio/board.txt: point to gpiod_set_value
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/gpio/board.txt11
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/gpio/board.txt b/Documentation/gpio/board.txt
index 40884c4fe40c..a0f61898d493 100644
--- a/Documentation/gpio/board.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gpio/board.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Note that it only applies to the new descriptor-based interface. For a
description of the deprecated integer-based GPIO interface please refer to
gpio-legacy.txt (actually, there is no real mapping possible with the old
interface; you just fetch an integer from somewhere and request the
-corresponding GPIO.
+corresponding GPIO).
All platforms can enable the GPIO library, but if the platform strictly
requires GPIO functionality to be present, it needs to select GPIOLIB from its
@@ -162,6 +162,9 @@ The driver controlling "foo.0" will then be able to obtain its GPIOs as follows:
Since the "led" GPIOs are mapped as active-high, this example will switch their
signals to 1, i.e. enabling the LEDs. And for the "power" GPIO, which is mapped
-as active-low, its actual signal will be 0 after this code. Contrary to the legacy
-integer GPIO interface, the active-low property is handled during mapping and is
-thus transparent to GPIO consumers.
+as active-low, its actual signal will be 0 after this code. Contrary to the
+legacy integer GPIO interface, the active-low property is handled during
+mapping and is thus transparent to GPIO consumers.
+
+A set of functions such as gpiod_set_value() is available to work with
+the new descriptor-oriented interface.