gpiolib: allow exported GPIO nodes to be named using sysfs links

Commit 926b663ce8215ba448960e1ff6e58b67a2c3b99b (gpiolib: allow GPIOs to
be named) already provides naming on the chip level. This patch provides
more flexibility by allowing multiple names where ever in sysfs on a per
GPIO basis.

Adapted from David Brownell's comments on a similar concept:
http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/4/20/203.

[randy.dunlap@oracle.com: fix build for CONFIG_GENERIC_GPIO=n]
Signed-off-by: Jani Nikula <ext-jani.1.nikula@nokia.com>
Acked-by: David Brownell <david-b@pacbell.net>
Cc: Daniel Silverstone <dsilvers@simtec.co.uk>
Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

1 files changed, 45 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
index 51a8d4103be5..aef6b3d8e2cf 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
@@ -505,6 +505,51 @@ static int match_export(struct device *dev, void *data)
 }
 
 /**
+ * gpio_export_link - create a sysfs link to an exported GPIO node
+ * @dev: device under which to create symlink
+ * @name: name of the symlink
+ * @gpio: gpio to create symlink to, already exported
+ *
+ * Set up a symlink from /sys/.../dev/name to /sys/class/gpio/gpioN
+ * node. Caller is responsible for unlinking.
+ *
+ * Returns zero on success, else an error.
+ */
+int gpio_export_link(struct device *dev, const char *name, unsigned gpio)
+{
+        struct gpio_desc        *desc;
+        int                     status = -EINVAL;
+
+        if (!gpio_is_valid(gpio))
+                goto done;
+
+        mutex_lock(&sysfs_lock);
+
+        desc = &gpio_desc[gpio];
+
+        if (test_bit(FLAG_EXPORT, &desc->flags)) {
+                struct device *tdev;
+
+                tdev = class_find_device(&gpio_class, NULL, desc, match_export);
+                if (tdev != NULL) {
+                        status = sysfs_create_link(&dev->kobj, &tdev->kobj,
+                                                name);
+                } else {
+                        status = -ENODEV;
+                }
+        }
+
+        mutex_unlock(&sysfs_lock);
+
+done:
+        if (status)
+                pr_debug("%s: gpio%d status %d\n", __func__, gpio, status);
+
+        return status;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(gpio_export_link);
+
+/**
  * gpio_unexport - reverse effect of gpio_export()
  * @gpio: gpio to make unavailable
  *