gpio: TODO: add a task for removing MMIO-specific fields from gpio_chip

Currently for CONFIG_GPIO_GENERIC=y each struct gpio_chip object
contains the fields relevant only for gpio-mmio users. It's not an
insignificant number either as it's several pointers and integers.

It makes sense to remove these fields from struct gpio_chip into a
dedicated structure but this is not trivial due to how the bgpio_init()
function is implemented.

Add a task for tracking this rework.

Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250527111353.71540-1-brgl@bgdev.pl
Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@linaro.org>

diff --git a/drivers/gpio/TODO b/drivers/gpio/TODO
index 4a8b349f2483a91883c74b07a43efb1462dbd377..ef53892cb44d7c01d100f10f1b805c0aca561b46 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/gpio/TODO
+++ b/drivers/gpio/TODO
@@ -131,6 +131,11 @@ Work items:
   helpers (x86 inb()/outb()) and convert port-mapped I/O drivers to use
   this with dry-coding and sending to maintainers to test
 
+- Move the MMIO GPIO specific fields out of struct gpio_chip into a
+  dedicated structure. Currently every GPIO chip has them if gpio-mmio is
+  enabled in Kconfig even if it itself doesn't register with the helper
+  library.
+
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 Generic regmap GPIO