User space can currently both read and set values of input lines using
the character device. This was not allowed by the old sysfs interface
nor is it a correct behavior.
Check the first descriptor in the set for the OUT flag when asked to
set values and return -EPERM if the line is input.
Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@bgdev.pl>
Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
return 0;
} else if (cmd == GPIOHANDLE_SET_LINE_VALUES_IOCTL) {
- /* TODO: check if descriptors are really output */
+ /*
+ * All line descriptors were created at once with the same
+ * flags so just check if the first one is really output.
+ */
+ if (!test_bit(FLAG_IS_OUT, &lh->descs[0]->flags))
+ return -EPERM;
+
if (copy_from_user(&ghd, ip, sizeof(ghd)))
return -EFAULT;