Merge branch 'regulator-4.20' into regulator-next

1 files changed, 17 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
index 25187403e3ac..db1f4b2b092d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
@@ -3909,8 +3909,23 @@ struct gpio_desc *__must_check gpiod_get_index(struct device *dev,
 	 * the device name as label
 	 */
 	status = gpiod_request(desc, con_id ? con_id : devname);
-	if (status < 0)
-		return ERR_PTR(status);
+	if (status < 0) {
+		if (status == -EBUSY && flags & GPIOD_FLAGS_BIT_NONEXCLUSIVE) {
+			/*
+			 * This happens when there are several consumers for
+			 * the same GPIO line: we just return here without
+			 * further initialization. It is a bit if a hack.
+			 * This is necessary to support fixed regulators.
+			 *
+			 * FIXME: Make this more sane and safe.
+			 */
+			dev_info(dev, "nonexclusive access to GPIO for %s\n",
+				 con_id ? con_id : devname);
+			return desc;
+		} else {
+			return ERR_PTR(status);
+		}
+	}
 
 	status = gpiod_configure_flags(desc, con_id, lookupflags, flags);
 	if (status < 0) {