Re: [PATCH 1/2] gpio-ich: Check for pin availability at request time

[Peter Tyser <ptyser@xes-inc.com>]

Hi Jean,

On Tue, 2013-03-05 at 09:06 +0100, Jean Delvare wrote:
> 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.

Is there a reason to not remove the ichx_gpio_check_available() calls
from the ichx_gpio_direction_output() and ichx_gpio_direction_input()
functions in this change?

I had originally assumed these checks were to support the "legacy"
interface where users could use the GPIOs without first requesting the
GPIO, but after looking a bit further it looks like the gpiolib code to
set a GPIO as an input or output does auto-request the GPIO before
setting its direction.  So I'd assume your 1 check in 
ichx_gpio_request() would cover the "legacy" interface too.

Best,
Peter