gpio: remove gpiod_sysfs_set_active_low

Remove gpiod_sysfs_set_active_low (and gpio_sysfs_set_active_low) which
allowed code to change the polarity of a gpio line even after it had
been exported through sysfs.

Drivers should not care, and generally does not know, about gpio-line
polarity which is a hardware feature that needs to be described by
firmware.

It is currently possible to define gpio-line polarity in device-tree and
acpi firmware or using platform data. Userspace can also change the
polarity through sysfs.

Note that drivers using the legacy gpio interface could still use
GPIOF_ACTIVE_LOW to change the polarity before exporting the gpio.

There are no in-kernel users of this interface.

Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: Harry Wei <harryxiyou@gmail.com>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@zh-kernel.org
Cc: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>

3 files changed, 0 insertions, 25 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/gpio/gpio-legacy.txt b/Documentation/gpio/gpio-legacy.txt
index 6f83fa965b4b..79ab5648d69b 100644
--- a/Documentation/gpio/gpio-legacy.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gpio/gpio-legacy.txt
@@ -751,9 +751,6 @@ requested using gpio_request():
 	int gpio_export_link(struct device *dev, const char *name,
 		unsigned gpio)
 
-	/* change the polarity of a GPIO node in sysfs */
-	int gpio_sysfs_set_active_low(unsigned gpio, int value);
-
 After a kernel driver requests a GPIO, it may only be made available in
 the sysfs interface by gpio_export().  The driver can control whether the
 signal direction may change.  This helps drivers prevent userspace code
@@ -767,9 +764,3 @@ After the GPIO has been exported, gpio_export_link() allows creating
 symlinks from elsewhere in sysfs to the GPIO sysfs node.  Drivers can
 use this to provide the interface under their own device in sysfs with
 a descriptive name.
-
-Drivers can use gpio_sysfs_set_active_low() to hide GPIO line polarity
-differences between boards from user space.  This only affects the
-sysfs interface.  Polarity change can be done both before and after
-gpio_export(), and previously enabled poll(2) support for either
-rising or falling edge will be reconfigured to follow this setting.
diff --git a/Documentation/gpio/sysfs.txt b/Documentation/gpio/sysfs.txt
index c2c3a97f8ff7..535b6a8a7a7c 100644
--- a/Documentation/gpio/sysfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gpio/sysfs.txt
@@ -132,9 +132,6 @@ requested using gpio_request():
 	int gpiod_export_link(struct device *dev, const char *name,
 		      struct gpio_desc *desc);
 
-	/* change the polarity of a GPIO node in sysfs */
-	int gpiod_sysfs_set_active_low(struct gpio_desc *desc, int value);
-
 After a kernel driver requests a GPIO, it may only be made available in
 the sysfs interface by gpiod_export(). The driver can control whether the
 signal direction may change. This helps drivers prevent userspace code
@@ -148,8 +145,3 @@ After the GPIO has been exported, gpiod_export_link() allows creating
 symlinks from elsewhere in sysfs to the GPIO sysfs node. Drivers can
 use this to provide the interface under their own device in sysfs with
 a descriptive name.
-
-Drivers can use gpiod_sysfs_set_active_low() to hide GPIO line polarity
-differences between boards from user space. Polarity change can be done both
-before and after gpiod_export(), and previously enabled poll(2) support for
-either rising or falling edge will be reconfigured to follow this setting.
diff --git a/Documentation/zh_CN/gpio.txt b/Documentation/zh_CN/gpio.txt
index d5b8f01833f4..bce972521065 100644
--- a/Documentation/zh_CN/gpio.txt
+++ b/Documentation/zh_CN/gpio.txt
@@ -638,9 +638,6 @@ GPIO 控制器的路径类似 /sys/class/gpio/gpiochip42/ (对于从#42 GPIO
 	int gpio_export_link(struct device *dev, const char *name,
 		unsigned gpio)
 
-	/* 改变 sysfs 中的一个 GPIO 节点的极性 */
-	int gpio_sysfs_set_active_low(unsigned gpio, int value);
-
 在一个内核驱动申请一个 GPIO 之后，它可以通过 gpio_export()使其在 sysfs
 接口中可见。该驱动可以控制信号方向是否可修改。这有助于防止用户空间代码无意间
 破坏重要的系统状态。
@@ -651,8 +648,3 @@ GPIO 控制器的路径类似 /sys/class/gpio/gpiochip42/ (对于从#42 GPIO
 在 GPIO 被导出之后，gpio_export_link()允许在 sysfs 文件系统的任何地方
 创建一个到这个 GPIO sysfs 节点的符号链接。这样驱动就可以通过一个描述性的
 名字，在 sysfs 中他们所拥有的设备下提供一个(到这个 GPIO sysfs 节点的)接口。
-
-驱动可以使用 gpio_sysfs_set_active_low() 来在用户空间隐藏电路板之间
-GPIO 线的极性差异。这个仅对 sysfs 接口起作用。极性的改变可以在 gpio_export()
-前后进行,且之前使能的轮询操作(poll(2))支持(上升或下降沿)将会被重新配置来遵循
-这个设置。