Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] iio: temperature: Add support for LTC2983

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On Mon, 2019-10-07 at 12:52 +0100, Jonathan Cameron wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 7 Oct 2019 09:10:06 +0000
> "Sa, Nuno" <Nuno.Sa@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > On Sun, 2019-10-06 at 11:37 +0100, Jonathan Cameron wrote:
> > > [External]
> > > 
> > > On Fri, 4 Oct 2019 15:55:18 +0200
> > > Nuno Sá <nuno.sa@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >   
> > > > The LTC2983 is a Multi-Sensor High Accuracy Digital Temperature
> > > > Measurement System. It measures a wide variety of temperature
> > > > sensors and
> > > > digitally outputs the result, in °C or °F, with 0.1°C accuracy
> > > > and
> > > > 0.001°C resolution. It can measure the temperature of all
> > > > standard
> > > > thermocouples (type B,E,J,K,N,S,R,T), standard 2-,3-,4-wire
> > > > RTDs,
> > > > thermistors and diodes.
> > > > 
> > > > Signed-off-by: Nuno Sá <nuno.sa@xxxxxxxxxx>  
> > > 
> > > Two things inline that I'd missed before. Otherwise looks good.
> > > 
> > > Thanks,
> > > 
> > > Jonathan
> > >   
> > > > ---
> > > > Changes in v2:
> > > >  * Added some needed blank lines (for readability);
> > > >  * Allocate iio_chan in the setup() function;
> > > >  * Rename reset to sleep;
> > > >  * Remove unneeded dev_dbg calls;
> > > >  * Remove unneeded line wrapping;
> > > >  * Remove unneeded comments;
> > > >  * Remove extend_names. Use the standard ABI;
> > > >  * Adapt the scales to report in millivolt and milli degrees;
> > > >  * Adapt the of_property readings to the renaming of the
> > > > properties;
> > > >  * For custom thermistors, excitation-current cannot be set to
> > > > Auto
> > > > range.
> > > > 
> > > > Changes in v3:
> > > >  * Use normal `devm_request_irq`;
> > > >  * Handle and decode the new devicetree properties for sensor
> > > > configuration.
> > > > 
> > > >  MAINTAINERS                       |    7 +
> > > >  drivers/iio/temperature/Kconfig   |   10 +
> > > >  drivers/iio/temperature/Makefile  |    1 +
> > > >  drivers/iio/temperature/ltc2983.c | 1554
> > > > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > > >  4 files changed, 1572 insertions(+)
> > > >  create mode 100644 drivers/iio/temperature/ltc2983.c
> > > > 
> > > > diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> > > > index f0c03740b9fb..14a256e785ca 100644
> > > > --- a/MAINTAINERS
> > > > +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> > > > @@ -9491,6 +9491,13 @@ S:	Maintained
> > > >  F:	Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iio/dac/ltc1660.txt
> > > >  F:	drivers/iio/dac/ltc1660.c
> > > >  
> > > > +LTC2983 IIO TEMPERATURE DRIVER
> > > > +M:	Nuno Sá <nuno.sa@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > +W:	http://ez.analog.com/community/linux-device-drivers
> > > > +L:	linux-iio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > +S:	Supported
> > > > +F:	drivers/iio/temperature/ltc2983.c
> > > > +
> > > >  LTC4261 HARDWARE MONITOR DRIVER
> > > >  M:	Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > >  L:	linux-hwmon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > diff --git a/drivers/iio/temperature/Kconfig
> > > > b/drivers/iio/temperature/Kconfig
> > > > index 737faa0901fe..04b5a67b593c 100644
> > > > --- a/drivers/iio/temperature/Kconfig
> > > > +++ b/drivers/iio/temperature/Kconfig
> > > > @@ -4,6 +4,16 @@
> > > >  #
> > > >  menu "Temperature sensors"
> > > >  
> > > > +config LTC2983
> > > > +	tristate "Analog Devices Multi-Sensor Digital
> > > > Temperature
> > > > Measurement System"
> > > > +	depends on SPI  
> > > 
> > > Select REGMAP_SPI needed I think.  
> > 
> > ack.
> > 
> > > > +	help
> > > > +	  Say yes here to build support for the LTC2983 Multi-
> > > > Sensor
> > > > +	  high accuracy digital temperature measurement system.
> > > > +
> > > > +	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here:
> > > > the module
> > > > +	  will be called ltc2983.
> > > > +
> > > >  config MAXIM_THERMOCOUPLE
> > > >  	tristate "Maxim thermocouple sensors"
> > > >  	depends on SPI
> > > > diff --git a/drivers/iio/temperature/Makefile
> > > > b/drivers/iio/temperature/Makefile
> > > > index baca4776ca0d..d6b850b0cf63 100644
> > > > --- a/drivers/iio/temperature/Makefile
> > > > +++ b/drivers/iio/temperature/Makefile
> > > > @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
> > > >  # Makefile for industrial I/O temperature drivers
> > > >  #
> > > >  
> > > > +obj-$(CONFIG_LTC2983) += ltc2983.o
> > > >  obj-$(CONFIG_HID_SENSOR_TEMP) += hid-sensor-temperature.o
> > > >  obj-$(CONFIG_MAXIM_THERMOCOUPLE) += maxim_thermocouple.o
> > > >  obj-$(CONFIG_MAX31856) += max31856.o
> > > > diff --git a/drivers/iio/temperature/ltc2983.c
> > > > b/drivers/iio/temperature/ltc2983.c
> > > > new file mode 100644
> > > > index 000000000000..f899c1d75f8a
> > > > --- /dev/null
> > > > +++ b/drivers/iio/temperature/ltc2983.c
> > > > @@ -0,0 +1,1554 @@  
> > > ...
> > >   
> > > > +static int ltc2983_chan_read(struct ltc2983_data *st,
> > > > +			const struct ltc2983_sensor *sensor,
> > > > int *val)
> > > > +{
> > > > +	u32 start_conversion = 0;
> > > > +	int ret;
> > > > +	unsigned long time;
> > > > +	__be32 temp;
> > > > +
> > > > +	/*
> > > > +	 * Do not allow channel readings if device is in sleep
> > > > state.
> > > > +	 * A read/write on the spi bus would bring the device
> > > > prematurely
> > > > +	 * out of sleep.
> > > > +	 */
> > > > +	if (st->sleep)
> > > > +		return -EPERM;
> > > > +
> > > > +	start_conversion = LTC2983_STATUS_START(true);
> > > > +	start_conversion |= LTC2983_STATUS_CHAN_SEL(sensor-
> > > > >chan);
> > > > +	dev_dbg(&st->spi->dev, "Start conversion on chan:%d,
> > > > status:%02X\n",
> > > > +		sensor->chan, start_conversion);
> > > > +	/* start conversion */
> > > > +	ret = regmap_write(st->regmap, LTC2983_STATUS_REG,
> > > > start_conversion);
> > > > +	if (ret)
> > > > +		return ret;
> > > > +
> > > > +	reinit_completion(&st->completion);
> > > > +	/*
> > > > +	 * wait for conversion to complete.
> > > > +	 * 300 ms should be more than enough to complete the
> > > > conversion.
> > > > +	 * Depending on the sensor configuration, there are 2/3
> > > > conversions
> > > > +	 * cycles of 82ms.
> > > > +	 */
> > > > +	time = wait_for_completion_timeout(&st->completion,
> > > > +					   msecs_to_jiffies(300
> > > > ));
> > > > +	if (!time) {
> > > > +		dev_warn(&st->spi->dev, "Conversion timed
> > > > out\n");
> > > > +		return -ETIMEDOUT;
> > > > +	}
> > > > +
> > > > +	/* read the converted data */
> > > > +	ret = regmap_bulk_read(st->regmap,
> > > > LTC2983_CHAN_RES_ADDR(sensor->chan),
> > > > +			       &temp, sizeof(temp));  
> > > 
> > > I'd missed this before.  regmap_bulk_read can directly use the
> > > supplied buffer
> > > for dma.  Hence it needs to be dma safe.  That means you have to
> > > have
> > > it
> > > in it's own cacheline.  There is no way of enforcing that on the
> > > stack so
> > > either allocate it locally from the heap, or put it at the end of
> > > the
> > > data structure and mark it __cacheline_aligned (we make sure
> > > those
> > > structures
> > > are also cacheline aligned and on the heap specifically to allow
> > > us
> > > to do that
> > > trick).  
> > 
> > Just for my understanding. I do see the the need of using
> > __cacheline_aligned on the struct parameter we want to align. I was
> > now
> > trying to understand your comment on parenthesis. Why do we need
> > that
> > trick? Wouldn't be sufficient to have the struct element marked
> > with
> > __cacheline_aligned?
> > 
> 
> Ah.  That is down to what __cacheline_aligned actually does and
> how we create the region accessed by iio_priv()
> 
> If we have a stand alone structure allocated with kmalloc with an
> element marked __cacheline_aligned it will indeed have the correct
> alignment.
> 
> iio_priv is done by increasing the size of the memory allocation
> done in iio_device_alloc, the iio_priv() pointer then gives us
> the address of a region beyond the end of the iio_dev structure.

Got it.

> That region has to also be cacheline aligned so that when we find
> the location of the __cacheline_aligned element of the structure
> we are putting there (basically an offset from iio_priv) it will
> also have the right alignment.

Understood. Then, the only thing I'm still wondering is that we need to
have the guarantee that kmalloc also returns a pointer which is at
least __cacheline_aligned for our iio_dev struct so that, our private
struct has the correct alignment (and thus the element). Is this
correct?

> The compiler has no way of knowing we are doing this stuff so it
> just adds padding to the private structure on the assumption
> the structure itself is aligned.
> 
> Jonathan
> 
> 
Thanks for your help and explanation!
Nuno Sá




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