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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/gpio')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/gpio/gpiolib-acpi.c | 9 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-acpi.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-acpi.c index 980a996d0169..533fe5dbe6f8 100644 --- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-acpi.c +++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-acpi.c @@ -114,10 +114,11 @@ static inline int acpi_gpiochip_pin_to_gpio_offset(struct gpio_chip *chip, * @path: ACPI GPIO controller full path name, (e.g. "\\_SB.GPO1") * @pin: ACPI GPIO pin number (0-based, controller-relative) * - * Returns GPIO descriptor to use with Linux generic GPIO API, or ERR_PTR - * error value + * Return: GPIO descriptor to use with Linux generic GPIO API, or ERR_PTR + * error value. Specifically returns %-EPROBE_DEFER if the referenced GPIO + * controller does not have gpiochip registered at the moment. This is to + * support probe deferral. */ - static struct gpio_desc *acpi_get_gpiod(char *path, int pin) { struct gpio_chip *chip; @@ -131,7 +132,7 @@ static struct gpio_desc *acpi_get_gpiod(char *path, int pin) chip = gpiochip_find(handle, acpi_gpiochip_find); if (!chip) - return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV); + return ERR_PTR(-EPROBE_DEFER); offset = acpi_gpiochip_pin_to_gpio_offset(chip, pin); if (offset < 0) |