Stop checking for pin availability in get functions. These functions can be called repeatedly, so checking every time is bad for performance.
Instead, check at pin request time. This only happens once, and we can let the caller know of the unavailability much earlier. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <kh...@linux-fr.org> Cc: Peter Tyser <pty...@xes-inc.com> Cc: Grant Likely <grant.lik...@secretlab.ca> Cc: Linus Walleij <linus.wall...@linaro.org> --- drivers/gpio/gpio-ich.c | 9 +++------ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) --- linux-3.7.orig/drivers/gpio/gpio-ich.c 2013-03-05 08:36:40.940199905 +0100 +++ linux-3.7/drivers/gpio/gpio-ich.c 2013-03-05 08:36:51.047437884 +0100 @@ -169,9 +169,6 @@ static int ichx_gpio_direction_output(st static int ichx_gpio_get(struct gpio_chip *chip, unsigned nr) { - if (!ichx_gpio_check_available(chip, nr)) - return -ENXIO; - return ichx_read_bit(GPIO_LVL, nr); } @@ -180,9 +177,6 @@ static int ich6_gpio_get(struct gpio_chi unsigned long flags; u32 data; - if (!ichx_gpio_check_available(chip, nr)) - return -ENXIO; - /* * GPI 0 - 15 need to be read from the power management registers on * a ICH6/3100 bridge. @@ -207,6 +201,9 @@ static int ich6_gpio_get(struct gpio_chi static int ichx_gpio_request(struct gpio_chip *chip, unsigned nr) { + if (!ichx_gpio_check_available(chip, nr)) + return -ENXIO; + /* * Note we assume the BIOS properly set a bridge's USE value. Some * chips (eg Intel 3100) have bogus USE values though, so first see if -- Jean Delvare -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/