gpiolib: Don't return -EPROBE_DEFER to sysfs, or for invalid gpios
gpios requested with invalid numbers, or gpios requested from userspace via sysfs
should not try to be deferred on failure.
Cc: stable@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Mathias Nyman <mathias.nyman@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
index 5d6c71e..1c8d9e3 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
@@ -623,9 +623,11 @@
*/
status = gpio_request(gpio, "sysfs");
- if (status < 0)
+ if (status < 0) {
+ if (status == -EPROBE_DEFER)
+ status = -ENODEV;
goto done;
-
+ }
status = gpio_export(gpio, true);
if (status < 0)
gpio_free(gpio);
@@ -1191,8 +1193,10 @@
spin_lock_irqsave(&gpio_lock, flags);
- if (!gpio_is_valid(gpio))
+ if (!gpio_is_valid(gpio)) {
+ status = -EINVAL;
goto done;
+ }
desc = &gpio_desc[gpio];
chip = desc->chip;
if (chip == NULL)