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-rw-r--r--drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c19
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
index e8f8a1999393..8228306aba46 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
@@ -3908,8 +3908,23 @@ 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) {