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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c | 19 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c index e8f8a1999393..8228306aba46 100644 --- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c +++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c @@ -3908,8 +3908,23 @@ struct gpio_desc *__must_check gpiod_get_index(struct device *dev, * the device name as label */ status = gpiod_request(desc, con_id ? con_id : devname); - if (status < 0) - return ERR_PTR(status); + if (status < 0) { + if (status == -EBUSY && flags & GPIOD_FLAGS_BIT_NONEXCLUSIVE) { + /* + * This happens when there are several consumers for + * the same GPIO line: we just return here without + * further initialization. It is a bit if a hack. + * This is necessary to support fixed regulators. + * + * FIXME: Make this more sane and safe. + */ + dev_info(dev, "nonexclusive access to GPIO for %s\n", + con_id ? con_id : devname); + return desc; + } else { + return ERR_PTR(status); + } + } status = gpiod_configure_flags(desc, con_id, lookupflags, flags); if (status < 0) { |