* @path: ACPI GPIO controller full path name, (e.g. "\\_SB.GPO1")
* @pin: ACPI GPIO pin number (0-based, controller-relative)
*
- * Returns GPIO descriptor to use with Linux generic GPIO API, or ERR_PTR
- * error value
+ * Return: GPIO descriptor to use with Linux generic GPIO API, or ERR_PTR
+ * error value. Specifically returns %-EPROBE_DEFER if the referenced GPIO
+ * controller does not have gpiochip registered at the moment. This is to
+ * support probe deferral.
*/
-
static struct gpio_desc *acpi_get_gpiod(char *path, int pin)
{
struct gpio_chip *chip;
chip = gpiochip_find(handle, acpi_gpiochip_find);
if (!chip)
- return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
+ return ERR_PTR(-EPROBE_DEFER);
offset = acpi_gpiochip_pin_to_gpio_offset(chip, pin);
if (offset < 0)