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[1/1] regulator: gpio-regulator: Catch 'no states property' misuse

Message ID 1352893896-15956-1-git-send-email-lee.jones@linaro.org
State Accepted
Commit 216f2b9c95ac6e4f00b08df807bc4454434a9afb
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Commit Message

Lee Jones Nov. 14, 2012, 11:51 a.m. UTC 
A selection of voltage or current values (AKA states) should always
be specified when using a GPIO regulator. If there are no switchable
states then the fixed regulators should be used instead.

Cc: Mark Brown <broonie@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com>
Cc: Frank Li <Frank.Li@freescale.com>
Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org>
---
 .../bindings/regulator/gpio-regulator.txt          |    3 ++-
 drivers/regulator/gpio-regulator.c                 |    5 +++++
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
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diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regulator/gpio-regulator.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regulator/gpio-regulator.txt
index 3703be2..51527c6 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regulator/gpio-regulator.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regulator/gpio-regulator.txt
@@ -2,11 +2,12 @@  GPIO controlled regulators
 
 Required properties:
 - compatible		: Must be "regulator-gpio".
+- states		: Selection of available voltages and GPIO configs.
+                          if there are no states, then use a fixed regulator
 
 Optional properties:
 - gpio-enable		: GPIO to use to enable/disable the regulator.
 - gpios			: GPIO group used to control voltage.
-- states		: Selection of available voltages and GPIO configs.
 - startup-delay-us	: Startup time in microseconds.
 - enable-active-high	: Polarity of GPIO is active high (default is low).
 
diff --git a/drivers/regulator/gpio-regulator.c b/drivers/regulator/gpio-regulator.c
index e467d0a..a7a2974 100644
--- a/drivers/regulator/gpio-regulator.c
+++ b/drivers/regulator/gpio-regulator.c
@@ -183,6 +183,11 @@  of_get_gpio_regulator_config(struct device *dev, struct device_node *np)
 
 	/* Fetch states. */
 	prop = of_find_property(np, "states", NULL);
+	if (!prop) {
+		dev_err(dev, "No 'states' property found\n");
+		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+	}
+
 	proplen = prop->length / sizeof(int);
 
 	config->states = devm_kzalloc(dev,