gpiod_to_chip(9)

✨ NAME ✨

okay bestie, this is the gpiod_to_chip(9) page from the Kernel API Manual, and the name is literally: return the GPIO chip to which a GPIO descriptor belongs. cute concept, kinda cursed execution — keep reading. 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

struct gpio_chip * gpiod_to_chip (const struct gpio_desc *desc );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• desc — the descriptor to return the chip of. like, “which chip does this descriptor belong to?” energy. 🫶

💀 DESCRIPTION 💀

the page opens with *DEPRECATED* and bestie, it is not being dramatic: this function is unsafe and should not be used. periodt. 🛑

Using the chip address without taking the SRCU read lock may result in dereferencing a dangling pointer. that's the whole warning, and it's giving “do not touch” energy. 😭

🔥 RETURN 🔥

Address of the GPIO chip backing this device. that's the return value, no cap. ✨

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

okay here's the whole extended fam — the kernel file is ./drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c, and every single one of these is invited:

• Kernel file ./drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
• gpio_to_desc(9)
• gpio_device_get_desc(9)
• desc_to_gpio(9)
• gpiod_hwgpio(9)
• gpiod_to_gpio_device(9)
• gpio_device_get_base(9)
• gpio_device_get_label(9)
• gpio_device_get_chip(9)
• gpiochip_find_base_unlocked(9)
• gpiod_is_equal(9)
• gpiod_get_direction(9)
• gpiod_is_single_ended(9)
• gpiochip_query_valid_mask(9)
• gpiochip_get_data(9)
• gpiochip_remove(9)
• gpio_device_find(9)
• gpio_device_find_by_label(9)
• gpio_device_find_by_fwnode(9)
• gpio_device_get(9)
• gpio_device_put(9)
• gpio_device_to_device(9)
• gpiochip_set_hierarchical_irqchip(9)
• gpiochip_irq_domain_activate(9)
• gpiochip_irq_domain_deactivate(9)
• gpiochip_irq_map(9)
• gpiochip_add_irqchip(9)
• gpiochip_irqchip_remove(9)
• gpiochip_irqchip_add_domain(9)
• gpiochip_generic_request(9)
• gpiochip_generic_free(9)
• gpiochip_generic_config(9)
• gpiochip_add_pingroup_range(9)
• gpiochip_add_pin_range_with_pins(9)
• gpiochip_remove_pin_ranges(9)
• gpiochip_dup_line_label(9)
• gpiochip_request_own_desc(9)
• gpiochip_free_own_desc(9)
• gpio_set_debounce_timeout(9)
• gpiod_direction_input(9)
• gpiod_direction_output_raw(9)
• gpiod_direction_output(9)
• gpiod_enable_hw_timestamp_ns(9)
• gpiod_disable_hw_timestamp_ns(9)
• gpiod_set_config(9)
• gpiod_set_debounce(9)
• gpiod_set_transitory(9)
• gpiod_is_active_low(9)
• gpiod_toggle_active_low(9)
• gpiod_get_raw_value(9)
• gpiod_get_value(9)
• gpiod_get_raw_array_value(9)
• gpiod_get_array_value(9)
• gpiod_set_raw_value(9)
• gpiod_set_value_nocheck(9)
• gpiod_set_value(9)
• gpiod_set_raw_array_value(9)
• gpiod_set_array_value(9)
• gpiod_cansleep(9)
• gpiod_set_consumer_name(9)
• gpiod_is_shared(9)
• gpiod_to_irq(9)
• gpiochip_lock_as_irq(9)
• gpiochip_unlock_as_irq(9)
• gpiod_get_raw_value_cansleep(9)
• gpiod_get_value_cansleep(9)
• gpiod_get_raw_array_value_cansleep(9)
• gpiod_get_array_value_cansleep(9)
• gpiod_set_raw_value_cansleep(9)
• gpiod_set_value_cansleep(9)
• gpiod_set_raw_array_value_cansleep(9)
• gpiod_add_lookup_tables(9)
• gpiod_set_array_value_cansleep(9)
• gpiod_add_lookup_table(9)
• gpiod_remove_lookup_table(9)
• fwnode_gpiod_get_index(9)
• gpiod_count(9)
• gpiod_get(9)
• gpiod_get_optional(9)
• gpiod_configure_flags(9)
• gpiod_get_index(9)
• gpiod_get_index_optional(9)
• gpiod_hog(9)
• gpiochip_free_hogs(9)
• gpiod_get_array(9)
• gpiod_get_array_optional(9)
• gpiod_put(9)
• gpiod_put_array(9)

okay byeee 🫶 — this page lives under ./drivers/gpio, dated October 2026, and it's literally still gpiod_to_chip(9). mwah 💋✨