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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2024-07-15 17:53:24 -0700
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Merge tag 'gpio-updates-for-v6.11-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/brgl/linux
Pull gpio updates from Bartosz Golaszewski: "The majority of added lines are two new modules: the GPIO virtual consumer module that improves our ability to add automated tests for the kernel API and the "sloppy" logic analyzer module that uses the GPIO API to implement a coarse-grained debugging tool for useful for remote development. Other than that we have the usual assortment of various driver extensions, improvements to the core GPIO code, DT-bindings and other documentation updates as well as an extension to the interrupt simulator: GPIOLIB core: - rework kfifo handling rework in the character device code - improve the labeling of GPIOs requested as interrupts and show more info on interrupt-only GPIOs in debugfs - remove unused APIs - unexport interfaces that are only used from the core GPIO code - drop the return value from gpiochip_set_desc_names() as it cannot fail - move a string array definition out of a header and into a specific compilation unit - convert the last user of gpiochip_get_desc() other than GPIO core to using a safer alternative - use array_index_nospec() where applicable New drivers: - add a "virtual GPIO consumer" module that allows requesting GPIOs from actual hardware and driving tests of the in-kernel GPIO API from user-space over debugfs - add a GPIO-based "sloppy" logic analyzer module useful for "first glance" debugging on remote boards Driver improvements: - add support for a new model to gpio-pca953x - lock GPIOs as interrupts in gpio-sim when the lines are requested as irqs via the simulator domain + some other minor improvements - improve error reporting in gpio-syscon - convert gpio-ath79 to using dynamic GPIO base and range - use pcibios_err_to_errno() for converting PCIBIOS error codes to errno vaues in gpio-amd8111 and gpio-rdc321x - allow building gpio-brcmstb for the BCM2835 architecture DT bindings: - convert DT bindings for lsi,zevio, mpc8xxx, and atmel to DT schema - document new properties for aspeed,gpio, fsl,qoriq-gpio and gpio-vf610 - document new compatibles for pca953x and fsl,qoriq-gpio Documentation: - document stricter behavior of the GPIO character device uAPI with regards to reconfiguring requested line without direction set - clarify the effect of the active-low flag on line values and edges - remove documentation for the legacy GPIO API in order to stop tempting people to use it - document the preference for using pread() for reading edge events in the sysfs API Other: - add an extended initializer to the interrupt simulator allowing to specify a number of callbacks callers can use to be notified about irqs being requested and released" * tag 'gpio-updates-for-v6.11-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/brgl/linux: (41 commits) gpio: mc33880: Convert comma to semicolon gpio: virtuser: actually use the "trimmed" local variable dt-bindings: gpio: convert Atmel GPIO to json-schema gpio: virtuser: new virtual testing driver for the GPIO API dt-bindings: gpio: vf610: Allow gpio-line-names to be set gpio: sim: lock GPIOs as interrupts when they are requested genirq/irq_sim: add an extended irq_sim initializer dt-bindings: gpio: fsl,qoriq-gpio: Add compatible string fsl,ls1046a-gpio gpiolib: unexport gpiochip_get_desc() gpio: add sloppy logic analyzer using polling Documentation: gpio: Reconfiguration with unset direction (uAPI v2) Documentation: gpio: Reconfiguration with unset direction (uAPI v1) dt-bindings: gpio: fsl,qoriq-gpio: add common property gpio-line-names gpio: ath79: convert to dynamic GPIO base allocation pinctrl: da9062: replace gpiochip_get_desc() with gpio_device_get_desc() gpiolib: put gpio_suffixes in a single compilation unit Documentation: gpio: Clarify effect of active low flag on line edges Documentation: gpio: Clarify effect of active low flag on line values gpiolib: Remove data-less gpiochip_add() function gpio: sim: use devm_mutex_init() ...
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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+
+Virtual GPIO Consumer
+=====================
+
+The virtual GPIO Consumer module allows users to instantiate virtual devices
+that request GPIOs and then control their behavior over debugfs. Virtual
+consumer devices can be instantiated from device-tree or over configfs.
+
+A virtual consumer uses the driver-facing GPIO APIs and allows to cover it with
+automated tests driven by user-space. The GPIOs are requested using
+``gpiod_get_array()`` and so we support multiple GPIOs per connector ID.
+
+Creating GPIO consumers
+-----------------------
+
+The gpio-consumer module registers a configfs subsystem called
+``'gpio-virtuser'``. For details of the configfs filesystem, please refer to
+the configfs documentation.
+
+The user can create a hierarchy of configfs groups and items as well as modify
+values of exposed attributes. Once the consumer is instantiated, this hierarchy
+will be translated to appropriate device properties. The general structure is:
+
+**Group:** ``/config/gpio-virtuser``
+
+This is the top directory of the gpio-consumer configfs tree.
+
+**Group:** ``/config/gpio-consumer/example-name``
+
+**Attribute:** ``/config/gpio-consumer/example-name/live``
+
+**Attribute:** ``/config/gpio-consumer/example-name/dev_name``
+
+This is a directory representing a GPIO consumer device.
+
+The read-only ``dev_name`` attribute exposes the name of the device as it will
+appear in the system on the platform bus. This is useful for locating the
+associated debugfs directory under
+``/sys/kernel/debug/gpio-virtuser/$dev_name``.
+
+The ``'live'`` attribute allows to trigger the actual creation of the device
+once it's fully configured. The accepted values are: ``'1'`` to enable the
+virtual device and ``'0'`` to disable and tear it down.
+
+Creating GPIO lookup tables
+---------------------------
+
+Users can create a number of configfs groups under the device group:
+
+**Group:** ``/config/gpio-consumer/example-name/con_id``
+
+The ``'con_id'`` directory represents a single GPIO lookup and its value maps
+to the ``'con_id'`` argument of the ``gpiod_get()`` function. For example:
+``con_id`` == ``'reset'`` maps to the ``reset-gpios`` device property.
+
+Users can assign a number of GPIOs to each lookup. Each GPIO is a sub-directory
+with a user-defined name under the ``'con_id'`` group.
+
+**Attribute:** ``/config/gpio-consumer/example-name/con_id/0/key``
+
+**Attribute:** ``/config/gpio-consumer/example-name/con_id/0/offset``
+
+**Attribute:** ``/config/gpio-consumer/example-name/con_id/0/drive``
+
+**Attribute:** ``/config/gpio-consumer/example-name/con_id/0/pull``
+
+**Attribute:** ``/config/gpio-consumer/example-name/con_id/0/active_low``
+
+**Attribute:** ``/config/gpio-consumer/example-name/con_id/0/transitory``
+
+This is a group describing a single GPIO in the ``con_id-gpios`` property.
+
+For virtual consumers created using configfs we use machine lookup tables so
+this group can be considered as a mapping between the filesystem and the fields
+of a single entry in ``'struct gpiod_lookup'``.
+
+The ``'key'`` attribute represents either the name of the chip this GPIO
+belongs to or the GPIO line name. This depends on the value of the ``'offset'``
+attribute: if its value is >= 0, then ``'key'`` represents the label of the
+chip to lookup while ``'offset'`` represents the offset of the line in that
+chip. If ``'offset'`` is < 0, then ``'key'`` represents the name of the line.
+
+The remaining attributes map to the ``'flags'`` field of the GPIO lookup
+struct. The first two take string values as arguments:
+
+**``'drive'``:** ``'push-pull'``, ``'open-drain'``, ``'open-source'``
+**``'pull'``:** ``'pull-up'``, ``'pull-down'``, ``'pull-disabled'``, ``'as-is'``
+
+``'active_low'`` and ``'transitory'`` are boolean attributes.
+
+Activating GPIO consumers
+-------------------------
+
+Once the confiuration is complete, the ``'live'`` attribute must be set to 1 in
+order to instantiate the consumer. It can be set back to 0 to destroy the
+virtual device. The module will synchronously wait for the new simulated device
+to be successfully probed and if this doesn't happen, writing to ``'live'`` will
+result in an error.
+
+Device-tree
+-----------
+
+Virtual GPIO consumers can also be defined in device-tree. The compatible string
+must be: ``"gpio-virtuser"`` with at least one property following the
+standardized GPIO pattern.
+
+An example device-tree code defining a virtual GPIO consumer:
+
+.. code-block :: none
+
+ gpio-virt-consumer {
+ compatible = "gpio-virtuser";
+
+ foo-gpios = <&gpio0 5 GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW>, <&gpio1 2 0>;
+ bar-gpios = <&gpio0 6 0>;
+ };
+
+Controlling virtual GPIO consumers
+----------------------------------
+
+Once active, the device will export debugfs attributes for controlling GPIO
+arrays as well as each requested GPIO line separately. Let's consider the
+following device property: ``foo-gpios = <&gpio0 0 0>, <&gpio0 4 0>;``.
+
+The following debugfs attribute groups will be created:
+
+**Group:** ``/sys/kernel/debug/gpio-virtuser/$dev_name/gpiod:foo/``
+
+This is the group that will contain the attributes for the entire GPIO array.
+
+**Attribute:** ``/sys/kernel/debug/gpio-virtuser/$dev_name/gpiod:foo/values``
+
+**Attribute:** ``/sys/kernel/debug/gpio-virtuser/$dev_name/gpiod:foo/values_atomic``
+
+Both attributes allow to read and set arrays of GPIO values. User must pass
+exactly the number of values that the array contains in the form of a string
+containing zeroes and ones representing inactive and active GPIO states
+respectively. In this example: ``echo 11 > values``.
+
+The ``values_atomic`` attribute works the same as ``values`` but the kernel
+will execute the GPIO driver callbacks in interrupt context.
+
+**Group:** ``/sys/kernel/debug/gpio-virtuser/$dev_name/gpiod:foo:$index/``
+
+This is a group that represents a single GPIO with ``$index`` being its offset
+in the array.
+
+**Attribute:** ``/sys/kernel/debug/gpio-virtuser/$dev_name/gpiod:foo:$index/consumer``
+
+Allows to set and read the consumer label of the GPIO line.
+
+**Attribute:** ``/sys/kernel/debug/gpio-virtuser/$dev_name/gpiod:foo:$index/debounce``
+
+Allows to set and read the debounce period of the GPIO line.
+
+**Attribute:** ``/sys/kernel/debug/gpio-virtuser/$dev_name/gpiod:foo:$index/direction``
+
+**Attribute:** ``/sys/kernel/debug/gpio-virtuser/$dev_name/gpiod:foo:$index/direction_atomic``
+
+These two attributes allow to set the direction of the GPIO line. They accept
+"input" and "output" as values. The atomic variant executes the driver callback
+in interrupt context.
+
+**Attribute:** ``/sys/kernel/debug/gpio-virtuser/$dev_name/gpiod:foo:$index/interrupts``
+
+If the line is requested in input mode, writing ``1`` to this attribute will
+make the module listen for edge interrupts on the GPIO. Writing ``0`` disables
+the monitoring. Reading this attribute returns the current number of registered
+interrupts (both edges).
+
+**Attribute:** ``/sys/kernel/debug/gpio-virtuser/$dev_name/gpiod:foo:$index/value``
+
+**Attribute:** ``/sys/kernel/debug/gpio-virtuser/$dev_name/gpiod:foo:$index/value_atomic``
+
+Both attributes allow to read and set values of individual requested GPIO lines.
+They accept the following values: ``1`` and ``0``.