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From: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
To: Kent Gibson <warthog618@gmail.com>
Cc: Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@bgdev.pl>,
	Hector Bujanda <hector.bujanda@digi.com>,
	"open list:GPIO SUBSYSTEM" <linux-gpio@vger.kernel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] gpiolib: add GPIO_SET_DEBOUNCE_IOCTL
Date: Wed, 27 May 2020 07:31:20 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CACRpkdZnLv=mv6JEHx0aF8YsUbpJH_ZrtCD+T23XfqvJLxw4Xg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200525151736.GA32461@sol>

On Mon, May 25, 2020 at 5:17 PM Kent Gibson <warthog618@gmail.com> wrote:

> > I suppose gpiolib would have to steal or intercept the interrupt
> > by using e.g. IRQF_SHARED and then just return IRQ_HANDLED
> > on the first IRQ so the underlying irq handler does not get called.
>
> And how would gpiolib ensure that it was first in the chain?

I don't know.

> Totally agree with the concept - just trying to work out how to
> implement it seemlessly given the existing API and usage, and given my
> limited knowledge of the kernel internals.

The irqchip maintainers certainly know the answer for the question
of shared interrupts at least.

> > Failure is an option! Sorry if I push too complex ideas.
>
> I'm not as concerned about complexity as I am about fragility.
>
> I don't see any problem adding debounce for gpiolib-cdev.
> Adding a more complete solution to gpiolib itself is certainly
> non-trivial, if it is possible at all.

I agree. It's just that I perceive it as more elegant if we can do that.

> The path I'll probably be taking is adding a debouncer to gpiolib-cdev,
> so at least we have a solution for userspace, then take a longer look at
> the more general solution.

That's fine! Thanks for looking into this.

Linus Walleij

  reply	other threads:[~2020-05-27  5:31 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-04-19  0:18 [PATCH] gpiolib: add GPIO_SET_DEBOUNCE_IOCTL Hector Bujanda
2020-04-29 12:06 ` Bartosz Golaszewski
2020-04-29 12:38   ` Linus Walleij
2020-04-29 12:59     ` Bartosz Golaszewski
2020-04-30 13:32       ` Bujanda, Hector
2020-04-30 14:58         ` Kent Gibson
2020-05-04 10:31           ` Bartosz Golaszewski
2020-05-07  3:39             ` Kent Gibson
2020-05-14 14:21               ` Linus Walleij
2020-05-12 17:55             ` Linus Walleij
2020-05-13  4:33               ` Kent Gibson
2020-05-25  2:22     ` Kent Gibson
2020-05-25 12:17       ` Linus Walleij
2020-05-25 15:17         ` Kent Gibson
2020-05-27  5:31           ` Linus Walleij [this message]
2020-05-04 12:37   ` Andy Shevchenko
2020-04-19  0:22 Hector Bujanda
2020-04-28 10:35 ` Linus Walleij
2020-04-29  1:49   ` Kent Gibson

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