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| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c | 11 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c index 48b4f70e2898..fe5f14a417bd 100644 --- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c +++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c @@ -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) { |