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[v2,01/10] gpiolib: provide gpiochip_dup_line_label()

Message ID 20231130134630.18198-2-brgl@bgdev.pl
State Superseded
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Series gpio/pinctrl: replace gpiochip_is_requested() with a safer interface | expand

Commit Message

Bartosz Golaszewski Nov. 30, 2023, 1:46 p.m. UTC 
From: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@linaro.org>

gpiochip_is_requested() not only has a misleading name but it returns
a pointer to a string that is freed when the descriptor is released.

Provide a new helper meant to replace it, which returns a copy of the
label string instead.

Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@linaro.org>
---
 drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c      | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 include/linux/gpio/driver.h |  1 +
 2 files changed, 30 insertions(+)
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diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
index a5faaea6915d..8e932e6a6a8d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
@@ -2400,6 +2400,35 @@  const char *gpiochip_is_requested(struct gpio_chip *gc, unsigned int offset)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(gpiochip_is_requested);
 
+/**
+ * gpiochip_dup_line_label - Get a copy of the consumer label.
+ * @gc: GPIO chip controlling this line.
+ * @offset: Hardware offset of the line.
+ *
+ * Returns:
+ * Pointer to a copy of the consumer label if the line is requested or NULL
+ * if it's not. If a valid pointer was returned, it must be freed using
+ * kfree(). In case of a memory allocation error, the function returns %ENOMEM.
+ *
+ * Must not be called from atomic context.
+ */
+char *gpiochip_dup_line_label(struct gpio_chip *gc, unsigned int offset)
+{
+	const char *label;
+	char *cpy;
+
+	label = gpiochip_is_requested(gc, offset);
+	if (!label)
+		return NULL;
+
+	cpy = kstrdup(label, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!cpy)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+
+	return cpy;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(gpiochip_dup_line_label);
+
 /**
  * gpiochip_request_own_desc - Allow GPIO chip to request its own descriptor
  * @gc: GPIO chip
diff --git a/include/linux/gpio/driver.h b/include/linux/gpio/driver.h
index 100c329dc986..9796a34e2fee 100644
--- a/include/linux/gpio/driver.h
+++ b/include/linux/gpio/driver.h
@@ -532,6 +532,7 @@  struct gpio_chip {
 };
 
 const char *gpiochip_is_requested(struct gpio_chip *gc, unsigned int offset);
+char *gpiochip_dup_line_label(struct gpio_chip *gc, unsigned int offset);
 
 /**
  * for_each_requested_gpio_in_range - iterates over requested GPIOs in a given range