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| author | Linus Walleij <linusw@kernel.org> | 2026-06-30 18:05:56 +0100 |
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| committer | Russell King <rmk+kernel@armlinux.org.uk> | 2026-08-05 16:48:11 +0100 |
| commit | bb3b2cfeb206f5b10b859e134651b54120e3f530 (patch) | |
| tree | 6717fcea088ba5c5f15002a48101fa2537135bf2 /Documentation/ABI/testing/gpio-cdev | |
| download | linux-stable-bb3b2cfeb206f5b10b859e134651b54120e3f530.tar.gz linux-stable-bb3b2cfeb206f5b10b859e134651b54120e3f530.zip | |
ARM: 9480/1: entry: expand comment in __switch_tografted
As per discussion between the developers in the mail thread
linked, expand the comment in __switch_to so that readers
of the code understand what is going on.
Suggested-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Acked-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <linusw@kernel.org>>
Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@armlinux.org.uk>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/ABI/testing/gpio-cdev')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/ABI/testing/gpio-cdev | 28 |
1 files changed, 28 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/gpio-cdev b/Documentation/ABI/testing/gpio-cdev new file mode 100644 index 000000000..c9689b2a6 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/gpio-cdev @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +What: /dev/gpiochip[0-9]+ +Date: November 2015 +KernelVersion: 4.4 +Contact: linux-gpio@vger.kernel.org +Description: + The character device files /dev/gpiochip* are the interface + between GPIO chips and userspace. + + The ioctl(2)-based ABI is defined in + [include/uapi]<linux/gpio.h> and documented in + Documentation/userspace-api/gpio/chardev.rst. + + The following file operations are supported: + + open(2) + Currently the only useful flags are O_RDWR. + + ioctl(2) + Initiate various actions. + + See Documentation/userspace-api/gpio/chardev.rst + for a description of all ioctls. + + close(2) + Stops and free up the I/O contexts that was associated + with the file descriptor. + +Users: TBD |