@@ -296,6 +296,9 @@ static int gpiodev_add_to_list(struct gpio_device *gdev)
/*
* Convert a GPIO name to its descriptor
+ * Note that there is no guarantee that GPIO names are globally unique!
+ * Hence this function will return, if it exists, a reference to the first GPIO
+ * line found that matches the given name.
*/
static struct gpio_desc *gpio_name_to_desc(const char * const name)
{
@@ -329,10 +332,12 @@ static struct gpio_desc *gpio_name_to_desc(const char * const name)
}
/*
- * Takes the names from gc->names and checks if they are all unique. If they
- * are, they are assigned to their gpio descriptors.
+ * Take the names from gc->names and assign them to their GPIO descriptors.
+ * Warn if a name is already used for a GPIO line on a different GPIO chip.
*
- * Warning if one of the names is already used for a different GPIO.
+ * Note that:
+ * 1. Non-unique names are still accepted,
+ * 2. Name collisions within the same GPIO chip are not reported.
*/
static int gpiochip_set_desc_names(struct gpio_chip *gc)
{
gpiochip_set_desc_names() no longer rejects GPIO line name collisions. Hence GPIO line names are not guaranteed to be globally unique. In case of multiple GPIO lines with the same name, gpio_name_to_desc() will return the first match found. Update the comments for gpio_name_to_desc() and gpiochip_set_desc_names() to match reality. Fixes: f881bab038c9667d ("gpio: keep the GPIO line names internal") Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be> --- drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c | 11 ++++++++--- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)