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GPIO Driver Interface
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This document serves as a guide for writers of GPIO chip drivers.
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Each GPIO controller driver needs to include the following header, which defines
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the structures used to define a GPIO driver::
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#include <linux/gpio/driver.h>
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Internal Representation of GPIOs
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A GPIO chip handles one or more GPIO lines. To be considered a GPIO chip, the
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lines must conform to the definition: General Purpose Input/Output. If the
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line is not general purpose, it is not GPIO and should not be handled by a
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GPIO chip. The use case is the indicative: certain lines in a system may be
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called GPIO but serve a very particular purpose thus not meeting the criteria
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of a general purpose I/O. On the other hand a LED driver line may be used as a
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GPIO and should therefore still be handled by a GPIO chip driver.
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Inside a GPIO driver, individual GPIO lines are identified by their hardware
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number, sometime also referred to as ``offset``, which is a unique number
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between 0 and n-1, n being the number of GPIOs managed by the chip.
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The hardware GPIO number should be something intuitive to the hardware, for
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example if a system uses a memory-mapped set of I/O-registers where 32 GPIO
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lines are handled by one bit per line in a 32-bit register, it makes sense to
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use hardware offsets 0..31 for these, corresponding to bits 0..31 in the
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register.
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This number is purely internal: the hardware number of a particular GPIO
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line is never made visible outside of the driver.
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On top of this internal number, each GPIO line also needs to have a global
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number in the integer GPIO namespace so that it can be used with the legacy GPIO
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interface. Each chip must thus have a "base" number (which can be automatically
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assigned), and for each GPIO line the global number will be (base + hardware
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number). Although the integer representation is considered deprecated, it still
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has many users and thus needs to be maintained.
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So for example one platform could use global numbers 32-159 for GPIOs, with a
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controller defining 128 GPIOs at a "base" of 32 ; while another platform uses
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global numbers 0..63 with one set of GPIO controllers, 64-79 with another type
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of GPIO controller, and on one particular board 80-95 with an FPGA. The legacy
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numbers need not be contiguous; either of those platforms could also use numbers
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2000-2063 to identify GPIO lines in a bank of I2C GPIO expanders.
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Controller Drivers: gpio_chip
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In the gpiolib framework each GPIO controller is packaged as a "struct
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gpio_chip" (see <linux/gpio/driver.h> for its complete definition) with members
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common to each controller of that type, these should be assigned by the
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driver code:
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- methods to establish GPIO line direction
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- methods used to access GPIO line values
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- method to set electrical configuration for a given GPIO line
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- method to return the IRQ number associated to a given GPIO line
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- flag saying whether calls to its methods may sleep
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- optional line names array to identify lines
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- optional debugfs dump method (showing extra state information)
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- optional base number (will be automatically assigned if omitted)
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- optional label for diagnostics and GPIO chip mapping using platform data
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The code implementing a gpio_chip should support multiple instances of the
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controller, preferably using the driver model. That code will configure each
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gpio_chip and issue gpiochip_add(), gpiochip_add_data(), or
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devm_gpiochip_add_data(). Removing a GPIO controller should be rare; use
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gpiochip_remove() when it is unavoidable.
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Often a gpio_chip is part of an instance-specific structure with states not
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exposed by the GPIO interfaces, such as addressing, power management, and more.
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Chips such as audio codecs will have complex non-GPIO states.
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Any debugfs dump method should normally ignore lines which haven't been
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requested. They can use gpiochip_is_requested(), which returns either
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NULL or the label associated with that GPIO line when it was requested.
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Realtime considerations: the GPIO driver should not use spinlock_t or any
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sleepable APIs (like PM runtime) in its gpio_chip implementation (.get/.set
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and direction control callbacks) if it is expected to call GPIO APIs from
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atomic context on realtime kernels (inside hard IRQ handlers and similar
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contexts). Normally this should not be required.
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GPIO electrical configuration
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GPIO lines can be configured for several electrical modes of operation by using
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the .set_config() callback. Currently this API supports setting:
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- Debouncing
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- Single-ended modes (open drain/open source)
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- Pull up and pull down resistor enablement
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These settings are described below.
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The .set_config() callback uses the same enumerators and configuration
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semantics as the generic pin control drivers. This is not a coincidence: it is
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possible to assign the .set_config() to the function gpiochip_generic_config()
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which will result in pinctrl_gpio_set_config() being called and eventually
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ending up in the pin control back-end "behind" the GPIO controller, usually
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closer to the actual pins. This way the pin controller can manage the below
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listed GPIO configurations.
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If a pin controller back-end is used, the GPIO controller or hardware
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description needs to provide "GPIO ranges" mapping the GPIO line offsets to pin
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numbers on the pin controller so they can properly cross-reference each other.
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GPIO lines with debounce support
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Debouncing is a configuration set to a pin indicating that it is connected to
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a mechanical switch or button, or similar that may bounce. Bouncing means the
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line is pulled high/low quickly at very short intervals for mechanical
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reasons. This can result in the value being unstable or irqs fireing repeatedly
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unless the line is debounced.
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Debouncing in practice involves setting up a timer when something happens on
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the line, wait a little while and then sample the line again, so see if it
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still has the same value (low or high). This could also be repeated by a clever
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state machine, waiting for a line to become stable. In either case, it sets
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a certain number of milliseconds for debouncing, or just "on/off" if that time
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is not configurable.
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GPIO lines with open drain/source support
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Open drain (CMOS) or open collector (TTL) means the line is not actively driven
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high: instead you provide the drain/collector as output, so when the transistor
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is not open, it will present a high-impedance (tristate) to the external rail::
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CMOS CONFIGURATION TTL CONFIGURATION
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||--- out +--- out
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in ----|| |/
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||--+ in ----|
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GND GND
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This configuration is normally used as a way to achieve one of two things:
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- Level-shifting: to reach a logical level higher than that of the silicon
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where the output resides.
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- Inverse wire-OR on an I/O line, for example a GPIO line, making it possible
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for any driving stage on the line to drive it low even if any other output
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to the same line is simultaneously driving it high. A special case of this
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is driving the SCL and SDA lines of an I2C bus, which is by definition a
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wire-OR bus.
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Both use cases require that the line be equipped with a pull-up resistor. This
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resistor will make the line tend to high level unless one of the transistors on
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the rail actively pulls it down.
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The level on the line will go as high as the VDD on the pull-up resistor, which
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may be higher than the level supported by the transistor, achieving a
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level-shift to the higher VDD.
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Integrated electronics often have an output driver stage in the form of a CMOS
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"totem-pole" with one N-MOS and one P-MOS transistor where one of them drives
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the line high and one of them drives the line low. This is called a push-pull
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output. The "totem-pole" looks like so::
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VDD
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OD ||--+
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+--/ ---o|| P-MOS-FET
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IN --+ +----- out
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+--/ ----|| N-MOS-FET
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OS ||--+
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GND
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The desired output signal (e.g. coming directly from some GPIO output register)
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arrives at IN. The switches named "OD" and "OS" are normally closed, creating
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a push-pull circuit.
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Consider the little "switches" named "OD" and "OS" that enable/disable the
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P-MOS or N-MOS transistor right after the split of the input. As you can see,
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either transistor will go totally numb if this switch is open. The totem-pole
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is then halved and give high impedance instead of actively driving the line
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high or low respectively. That is usually how software-controlled open
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drain/source works.
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Some GPIO hardware come in open drain / open source configuration. Some are
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hard-wired lines that will only support open drain or open source no matter
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what: there is only one transistor there. Some are software-configurable:
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by flipping a bit in a register the output can be configured as open drain
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or open source, in practice by flicking open the switches labeled "OD" and "OS"
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in the drawing above.
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By disabling the P-MOS transistor, the output can be driven between GND and
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high impedance (open drain), and by disabling the N-MOS transistor, the output
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can be driven between VDD and high impedance (open source). In the first case,
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a pull-up resistor is needed on the outgoing rail to complete the circuit, and
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in the second case, a pull-down resistor is needed on the rail.
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Hardware that supports open drain or open source or both, can implement a
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special callback in the gpio_chip: .set_config() that takes a generic
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pinconf packed value telling whether to configure the line as open drain,
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open source or push-pull. This will happen in response to the
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GPIO_OPEN_DRAIN or GPIO_OPEN_SOURCE flag set in the machine file, or coming
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from other hardware descriptions.
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If this state can not be configured in hardware, i.e. if the GPIO hardware does
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not support open drain/open source in hardware, the GPIO library will instead
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use a trick: when a line is set as output, if the line is flagged as open
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drain, and the IN output value is low, it will be driven low as usual. But
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if the IN output value is set to high, it will instead *NOT* be driven high,
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instead it will be switched to input, as input mode is high impedance, thus
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achieveing an "open drain emulation" of sorts: electrically the behaviour will
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be identical, with the exception of possible hardware glitches when switching
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the mode of the line.
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For open source configuration the same principle is used, just that instead
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of actively driving the line low, it is set to input.
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GPIO lines with pull up/down resistor support
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A GPIO line can support pull-up/down using the .set_config() callback. This
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means that a pull up or pull-down resistor is available on the output of the
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GPIO line, and this resistor is software controlled.
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In discrete designs, a pull-up or pull-down resistor is simply soldered on
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the circuit board. This is not something we deal with or model in software. The
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most you will think about these lines is that they will very likely be
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configured as open drain or open source (see the section above).
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The .set_config() callback can only turn pull up or down on and off, and will
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no have any semantic knowledge about the resistance used. It will only say
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switch a bit in a register enabling or disabling pull-up or pull-down.
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If the GPIO line supports shunting in different resistance values for the
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pull-up or pull-down resistor, the GPIO chip callback .set_config() will not
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suffice. For these complex use cases, a combined GPIO chip and pin controller
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need to be implemented, as the pin config interface of a pin controller
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supports more versatile control over electrical properties and can handle
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different pull-up or pull-down resistance values.
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GPIO drivers providing IRQs
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===========================
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It is custom that GPIO drivers (GPIO chips) are also providing interrupts,
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most often cascaded off a parent interrupt controller, and in some special
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cases the GPIO logic is melded with a SoC's primary interrupt controller.
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The IRQ portions of the GPIO block are implemented using an irq_chip, using
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the header <linux/irq.h>. So this combined driver is utilizing two sub-
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systems simultaneously: gpio and irq.
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It is legal for any IRQ consumer to request an IRQ from any irqchip even if it
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is a combined GPIO+IRQ driver. The basic premise is that gpio_chip and
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irq_chip are orthogonal, and offering their services independent of each
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other.
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gpiod_to_irq() is just a convenience function to figure out the IRQ for a
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certain GPIO line and should not be relied upon to have been called before
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the IRQ is used.
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Always prepare the hardware and make it ready for action in respective
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callbacks from the GPIO and irq_chip APIs. Do not rely on gpiod_to_irq() having
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been called first.
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We can divide GPIO irqchips in two broad categories:
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- CASCADED INTERRUPT CHIPS: this means that the GPIO chip has one common
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interrupt output line, which is triggered by any enabled GPIO line on that
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chip. The interrupt output line will then be routed to an parent interrupt
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controller one level up, in the most simple case the systems primary
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interrupt controller. This is modeled by an irqchip that will inspect bits
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inside the GPIO controller to figure out which line fired it. The irqchip
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part of the driver needs to inspect registers to figure this out and it
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will likely also need to acknowledge that it is handling the interrupt
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by clearing some bit (sometime implicitly, by just reading a status
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register) and it will often need to set up the configuration such as
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edge sensitivity (rising or falling edge, or high/low level interrupt for
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example).
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- HIERARCHICAL INTERRUPT CHIPS: this means that each GPIO line has a dedicated
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irq line to a parent interrupt controller one level up. There is no need
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to inquire the GPIO hardware to figure out which line has fired, but it
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may still be necessary to acknowledge the interrupt and set up configuration
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such as edge sensitivity.
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Realtime considerations: a realtime compliant GPIO driver should not use
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spinlock_t or any sleepable APIs (like PM runtime) as part of its irqchip
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implementation.
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- spinlock_t should be replaced with raw_spinlock_t.[1]
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- If sleepable APIs have to be used, these can be done from the .irq_bus_lock()
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and .irq_bus_unlock() callbacks, as these are the only slowpath callbacks
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on an irqchip. Create the callbacks if needed.[2]
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Cascaded GPIO irqchips
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Cascaded GPIO irqchips usually fall in one of three categories:
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- CHAINED CASCADED GPIO IRQCHIPS: these are usually the type that is embedded on
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an SoC. This means that there is a fast IRQ flow handler for the GPIOs that
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gets called in a chain from the parent IRQ handler, most typically the
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system interrupt controller. This means that the GPIO irqchip handler will
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be called immediately from the parent irqchip, while holding the IRQs
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disabled. The GPIO irqchip will then end up calling something like this
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sequence in its interrupt handler::
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static irqreturn_t foo_gpio_irq(int irq, void *data)
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chained_irq_enter(...);
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generic_handle_irq(...);
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chained_irq_exit(...);
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Chained GPIO irqchips typically can NOT set the .can_sleep flag on
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struct gpio_chip, as everything happens directly in the callbacks: no
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slow bus traffic like I2C can be used.
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Realtime considerations: Note that chained IRQ handlers will not be forced
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threaded on -RT. As a result, spinlock_t or any sleepable APIs (like PM
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runtime) can't be used in a chained IRQ handler.
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If required (and if it can't be converted to the nested threaded GPIO irqchip,
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see below) a chained IRQ handler can be converted to generic irq handler and
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this way it will become a threaded IRQ handler on -RT and a hard IRQ handler
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on non-RT (for example, see [3]).
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The generic_handle_irq() is expected to be called with IRQ disabled,
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so the IRQ core will complain if it is called from an IRQ handler which is
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forced to a thread. The "fake?" raw lock can be used to work around this
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problem::
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raw_spinlock_t wa_lock;
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static irqreturn_t omap_gpio_irq_handler(int irq, void *gpiobank)
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unsigned long wa_lock_flags;
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raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&bank->wa_lock, wa_lock_flags);
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generic_handle_irq(irq_find_mapping(bank->chip.irq.domain, bit));
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raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&bank->wa_lock, wa_lock_flags);
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- GENERIC CHAINED GPIO IRQCHIPS: these are the same as "CHAINED GPIO irqchips",
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but chained IRQ handlers are not used. Instead GPIO IRQs dispatching is
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performed by generic IRQ handler which is configured using request_irq().
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The GPIO irqchip will then end up calling something like this sequence in
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its interrupt handler::
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static irqreturn_t gpio_rcar_irq_handler(int irq, void *dev_id)
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for each detected GPIO IRQ
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generic_handle_irq(...);
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Realtime considerations: this kind of handlers will be forced threaded on -RT,
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and as result the IRQ core will complain that generic_handle_irq() is called
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with IRQ enabled and the same work-around as for "CHAINED GPIO irqchips" can
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be applied.
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- NESTED THREADED GPIO IRQCHIPS: these are off-chip GPIO expanders and any
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other GPIO irqchip residing on the other side of a sleeping bus such as I2C
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or SPI.
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Of course such drivers that need slow bus traffic to read out IRQ status and
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similar, traffic which may in turn incur other IRQs to happen, cannot be
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handled in a quick IRQ handler with IRQs disabled. Instead they need to spawn
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a thread and then mask the parent IRQ line until the interrupt is handled
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by the driver. The hallmark of this driver is to call something like
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this in its interrupt handler::
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static irqreturn_t foo_gpio_irq(int irq, void *data)
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...
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handle_nested_irq(irq);
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The hallmark of threaded GPIO irqchips is that they set the .can_sleep
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flag on struct gpio_chip to true, indicating that this chip may sleep
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when accessing the GPIOs.
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These kinds of irqchips are inherently realtime tolerant as they are
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already set up to handle sleeping contexts.
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Infrastructure helpers for GPIO irqchips
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To help out in handling the set-up and management of GPIO irqchips and the
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associated irqdomain and resource allocation callbacks. These are activated
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by selecting the Kconfig symbol GPIOLIB_IRQCHIP. If the symbol
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IRQ_DOMAIN_HIERARCHY is also selected, hierarchical helpers will also be
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provided. A big portion of overhead code will be managed by gpiolib,
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under the assumption that your interrupts are 1-to-1-mapped to the
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GPIO line index:
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.. csv-table::
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:header: GPIO line offset, Hardware IRQ
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0,0
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1,1
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2,2
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...,...
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ngpio-1, ngpio-1
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If some GPIO lines do not have corresponding IRQs, the bitmask valid_mask
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and the flag need_valid_mask in gpio_irq_chip can be used to mask off some
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lines as invalid for associating with IRQs.
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The preferred way to set up the helpers is to fill in the
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struct gpio_irq_chip inside struct gpio_chip before adding the gpio_chip.
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If you do this, the additional irq_chip will be set up by gpiolib at the
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same time as setting up the rest of the GPIO functionality. The following
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is a typical example of a cascaded interrupt handler using gpio_irq_chip:
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.. code-block:: c
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/* Typical state container with dynamic irqchip */
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struct my_gpio {
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struct gpio_chip gc;
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struct irq_chip irq;
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};
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int irq; /* from platform etc */
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struct my_gpio *g;
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struct gpio_irq_chip *girq;
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/* Set up the irqchip dynamically */
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g->irq.name = "my_gpio_irq";
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g->irq.irq_ack = my_gpio_ack_irq;
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g->irq.irq_mask = my_gpio_mask_irq;
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g->irq.irq_unmask = my_gpio_unmask_irq;
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g->irq.irq_set_type = my_gpio_set_irq_type;
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/* Get a pointer to the gpio_irq_chip */
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girq = &g->gc.irq;
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girq->chip = &g->irq;
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girq->parent_handler = ftgpio_gpio_irq_handler;
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girq->num_parents = 1;
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girq->parents = devm_kcalloc(dev, 1, sizeof(*girq->parents),
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GFP_KERNEL);
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if (!girq->parents)
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return -ENOMEM;
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girq->default_type = IRQ_TYPE_NONE;
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girq->handler = handle_bad_irq;
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girq->parents[0] = irq;
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return devm_gpiochip_add_data(dev, &g->gc, g);
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The helper support using hierarchical interrupt controllers as well.
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In this case the typical set-up will look like this:
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.. code-block:: c
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/* Typical state container with dynamic irqchip */
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struct my_gpio {
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struct gpio_chip gc;
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struct irq_chip irq;
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struct fwnode_handle *fwnode;
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};
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int irq; /* from platform etc */
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struct my_gpio *g;
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struct gpio_irq_chip *girq;
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/* Set up the irqchip dynamically */
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g->irq.name = "my_gpio_irq";
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g->irq.irq_ack = my_gpio_ack_irq;
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g->irq.irq_mask = my_gpio_mask_irq;
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g->irq.irq_unmask = my_gpio_unmask_irq;
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g->irq.irq_set_type = my_gpio_set_irq_type;
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/* Get a pointer to the gpio_irq_chip */
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girq = &g->gc.irq;
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girq->chip = &g->irq;
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girq->default_type = IRQ_TYPE_NONE;
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girq->handler = handle_bad_irq;
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girq->fwnode = g->fwnode;
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girq->parent_domain = parent;
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girq->child_to_parent_hwirq = my_gpio_child_to_parent_hwirq;
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return devm_gpiochip_add_data(dev, &g->gc, g);
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As you can see pretty similar, but you do not supply a parent handler for
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the IRQ, instead a parent irqdomain, an fwnode for the hardware and
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a funcion .child_to_parent_hwirq() that has the purpose of looking up
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the parent hardware irq from a child (i.e. this gpio chip) hardware irq.
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As always it is good to look at examples in the kernel tree for advice
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on how to find the required pieces.
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The old way of adding irqchips to gpiochips after registration is also still
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available but we try to move away from this:
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- DEPRECATED: gpiochip_irqchip_add(): adds a chained cascaded irqchip to a
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gpiochip. It will pass the struct gpio_chip* for the chip to all IRQ
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callbacks, so the callbacks need to embed the gpio_chip in its state
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container and obtain a pointer to the container using container_of().
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(See Documentation/driver-api/driver-model/design-patterns.rst)
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- gpiochip_irqchip_add_nested(): adds a nested cascaded irqchip to a gpiochip,
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as discussed above regarding different types of cascaded irqchips. The
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cascaded irq has to be handled by a threaded interrupt handler.
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Apart from that it works exactly like the chained irqchip.
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- gpiochip_set_nested_irqchip(): sets up a nested cascaded irq handler for a
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gpio_chip from a parent IRQ. As the parent IRQ has usually been
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explicitly requested by the driver, this does very little more than
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mark all the child IRQs as having the other IRQ as parent.
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If there is a need to exclude certain GPIO lines from the IRQ domain handled by
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these helpers, we can set .irq.need_valid_mask of the gpiochip before
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devm_gpiochip_add_data() or gpiochip_add_data() is called. This allocates an
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.irq.valid_mask with as many bits set as there are GPIO lines in the chip, each
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bit representing line 0..n-1. Drivers can exclude GPIO lines by clearing bits
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from this mask. The mask must be filled in before gpiochip_irqchip_add() or
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gpiochip_irqchip_add_nested() is called.
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To use the helpers please keep the following in mind:
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- Make sure to assign all relevant members of the struct gpio_chip so that
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the irqchip can initialize. E.g. .dev and .can_sleep shall be set up
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properly.
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- Nominally set all handlers to handle_bad_irq() in the setup call and pass
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handle_bad_irq() as flow handler parameter in gpiochip_irqchip_add() if it is
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expected for GPIO driver that irqchip .set_type() callback will be called
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before using/enabling each GPIO IRQ. Then set the handler to
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handle_level_irq() and/or handle_edge_irq() in the irqchip .set_type()
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callback depending on what your controller supports and what is requested
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by the consumer.
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Locking IRQ usage
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-----------------
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Since GPIO and irq_chip are orthogonal, we can get conflicts between different
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use cases. For example a GPIO line used for IRQs should be an input line,
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it does not make sense to fire interrupts on an output GPIO.
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If there is competition inside the subsystem which side is using the
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resource (a certain GPIO line and register for example) it needs to deny
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certain operations and keep track of usage inside of the gpiolib subsystem.
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Input GPIOs can be used as IRQ signals. When this happens, a driver is requested
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to mark the GPIO as being used as an IRQ::
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int gpiochip_lock_as_irq(struct gpio_chip *chip, unsigned int offset)
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This will prevent the use of non-irq related GPIO APIs until the GPIO IRQ lock
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is released::
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void gpiochip_unlock_as_irq(struct gpio_chip *chip, unsigned int offset)
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When implementing an irqchip inside a GPIO driver, these two functions should
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typically be called in the .startup() and .shutdown() callbacks from the
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irqchip.
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When using the gpiolib irqchip helpers, these callbacks are automatically
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assigned.
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Disabling and enabling IRQs
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---------------------------
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In some (fringe) use cases, a driver may be using a GPIO line as input for IRQs,
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but occasionally switch that line over to drive output and then back to being
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an input with interrupts again. This happens on things like CEC (Consumer
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Electronics Control).
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When a GPIO is used as an IRQ signal, then gpiolib also needs to know if
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the IRQ is enabled or disabled. In order to inform gpiolib about this,
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the irqchip driver should call::
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void gpiochip_disable_irq(struct gpio_chip *chip, unsigned int offset)
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This allows drivers to drive the GPIO as an output while the IRQ is
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disabled. When the IRQ is enabled again, a driver should call::
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void gpiochip_enable_irq(struct gpio_chip *chip, unsigned int offset)
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When implementing an irqchip inside a GPIO driver, these two functions should
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typically be called in the .irq_disable() and .irq_enable() callbacks from the
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irqchip.
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When using the gpiolib irqchip helpers, these callbacks are automatically
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assigned.
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Real-Time compliance for GPIO IRQ chips
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---------------------------------------
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Any provider of irqchips needs to be carefully tailored to support Real-Time
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preemption. It is desirable that all irqchips in the GPIO subsystem keep this
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in mind and do the proper testing to assure they are real time-enabled.
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So, pay attention on above realtime considerations in the documentation.
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The following is a checklist to follow when preparing a driver for real-time
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compliance:
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- ensure spinlock_t is not used as part irq_chip implementation
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- ensure that sleepable APIs are not used as part irq_chip implementation
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If sleepable APIs have to be used, these can be done from the .irq_bus_lock()
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and .irq_bus_unlock() callbacks
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- Chained GPIO irqchips: ensure spinlock_t or any sleepable APIs are not used
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|
from the chained IRQ handler
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|
- Generic chained GPIO irqchips: take care about generic_handle_irq() calls and
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|
apply corresponding work-around
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- Chained GPIO irqchips: get rid of the chained IRQ handler and use generic irq
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handler if possible
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- regmap_mmio: it is possible to disable internal locking in regmap by setting
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.disable_locking and handling the locking in the GPIO driver
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|
- Test your driver with the appropriate in-kernel real-time test cases for both
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level and edge IRQs
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* [1] http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-omap/msg120425.html
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* [2] https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/9/25/494
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* [3] https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/9/25/495
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Requesting self-owned GPIO pins
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===============================
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|
Sometimes it is useful to allow a GPIO chip driver to request its own GPIO
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descriptors through the gpiolib API. A GPIO driver can use the following
|
|
functions to request and free descriptors::
|
|
|
|
struct gpio_desc *gpiochip_request_own_desc(struct gpio_desc *desc,
|
|
u16 hwnum,
|
|
const char *label,
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|
enum gpiod_flags flags)
|
|
|
|
void gpiochip_free_own_desc(struct gpio_desc *desc)
|
|
|
|
Descriptors requested with gpiochip_request_own_desc() must be released with
|
|
gpiochip_free_own_desc().
|
|
|
|
These functions must be used with care since they do not affect module use
|
|
count. Do not use the functions to request gpio descriptors not owned by the
|
|
calling driver.
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