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The valid_mask member of the struct gpio_chip is unconditionally written by the GPIO core at driver registration. Current documentation does not mention this but just says the valid_mask is used if it's not NULL. This lured me to try populating it directly in the GPIO driver probe instead of using the init_valid_mask() callback. It took some retries with different bitmaps and eventually a bit of code-reading to understand why the valid_mask was not obeyed. I could've avoided this trial and error if the valid_mask was hidden in the struct gpio_device instead of being a visible member of the struct gpio_chip. Help the next developer who decides to directly populate the valid_mask in struct gpio_chip by hiding the valid_mask in struct gpio_device and keep it internal to the GPIO core. Suggested-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org> Signed-off-by: Matti Vaittinen <mazziesaccount@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/4547ca90d910d60cab3d56d864d59ddde47a5e93.1741180097.git.mazziesaccount@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@linaro.org>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the reStructuredText markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.