@@ -147,27 +147,48 @@ struct gpio_desc *gpio_to_desc(unsigned gpio)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(gpio_to_desc);
-/**
- * gpiochip_get_desc - get the GPIO descriptor corresponding to the given
- * hardware number for this chip
- * @gc: GPIO chip
- * @hwnum: hardware number of the GPIO for this chip
- *
- * Returns:
- * A pointer to the GPIO descriptor or ``ERR_PTR(-EINVAL)`` if no GPIO exists
- * in the given chip for the specified hardware number.
- */
+/* This function is deprecated and will be removed soon, don't use. */
struct gpio_desc *gpiochip_get_desc(struct gpio_chip *gc,
unsigned int hwnum)
{
- struct gpio_device *gdev = gc->gpiodev;
+ return gpio_device_get_desc(gc->gpiodev, hwnum);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(gpiochip_get_desc);
+
+/**
+ * gpio_device_get_desc() - get the GPIO descriptor corresponding to the given
+ * hardware number for this GPIO device
+ * @gdev: GPIO device to get the descriptor from
+ * @hwnum: hardware number of the GPIO for this chip
+ *
+ * Returns:
+ * A pointer to the GPIO descriptor or %EINVAL if no GPIO exists in the given
+ * chip for the specified hardware number or %ENODEV if the underlying chip
+ * already vanished.
+ *
+ * The reference count of struct gpio_device is *NOT* increased like when the
+ * GPIO is being requested for exclusive usage. It's up to the caller to make
+ * sure the GPIO device will stay alive together with the descriptor returned
+ * by this function.
+ */
+struct gpio_desc *
+gpio_device_get_desc(struct gpio_device *gdev, unsigned int hwnum)
+{
+ struct gpio_chip *gc = gdev->chip;
+
+ /*
+ * FIXME: This will be locked once we protect gdev->chip everywhere
+ * with SRCU.
+ */
+ if (!gc)
+ return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
if (hwnum >= gdev->ngpio)
return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
return &gdev->descs[hwnum];
}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(gpiochip_get_desc);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(gpio_device_get_desc);
/**
* desc_to_gpio - convert a GPIO descriptor to the integer namespace
@@ -767,6 +767,8 @@ struct gpio_desc *gpiochip_request_own_desc(struct gpio_chip *gc,
void gpiochip_free_own_desc(struct gpio_desc *desc);
struct gpio_desc *gpiochip_get_desc(struct gpio_chip *gc, unsigned int hwnum);
+struct gpio_desc *
+gpio_device_get_desc(struct gpio_device *gdev, unsigned int hwnum);
#ifdef CONFIG_GPIOLIB