Re: [PATCH 1/1 v4] hwmon: add support for Sensirion SHT3x sensors

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On Tue, May 31, 2016 at 09:08:27AM +0200, Pascal Sachs wrote:
> Hi Guenter
> 
> I want to thank you again for the fast and detailed code review.
> I really appreciate it.
> 

Sorry it took so long.

[ ... ]

> >>+static struct sht3x_data *sht3x_update_client(struct device *dev)
> >>+{
> >>+    struct sht3x_data *data = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
> >>+    struct i2c_client *client = data->client;
> >>+    u16 interval_ms = mode_to_update_interval[data->mode];
> >
> >If data->mode == 0, interval_ms == 0,
> >
> >>+    unsigned long interval_jiffies = msecs_to_jiffies(interval_ms);
> >
> >... interval_jiffies == 1,
> >
> >>+    unsigned char buf[SHT3X_RESPONSE_LENGTH];
> >>+    u16 val;
> >>+    int ret = 0;
> >>+
> >>+    mutex_lock(&data->data_lock);
> >>+    /* only update once per interval in periodic mode */
> >>+    if (time_after(jiffies, data->last_update + interval_jiffies)) {
> >
> >... and the command is executed every other timer tick. Is that
> >intentional ?
> Yes, this is how it should behave. In single shot mode the sensor measures
> values on demand, which means every time the sysfs interface is called, a
> measurement is triggered. In periodic mode however the measurement process
> is handled internally by the sensor and read out only makes sense if a new
> reading is available.

Please add the explanation as comment into the code.

[ ... ]

> >>+    commands = &limit_commands[index];
> >>+
> >>+    memcpy(position, commands->write_command, SHT3X_CMD_LENGTH);
> >>+    position += SHT3X_CMD_LENGTH;
> >>+    /*
> >>+     * ST = (T + 45) / 175 * 2^16
> >>+     * SRH = RH / 100 * 2^16
> >>+     * adapted for fixed point arithmetic and packed the same as
> >>+     * in limit_show()
> >>+     */
> >>+    raw = ((u32)(temperature + 45000) * 24543) >> (16 + 7);
> >>+    raw |= ((humidity * 42950) >> 16) & 0xfe00;
> >>+
> >>+    *((__be16 *)position) = cpu_to_be16(raw);
> >>+    position += SHT3X_WORD_LEN;
> >>+    *position = crc8(sht3x_crc8_table,
> >>+             position - SHT3X_WORD_LEN,
> >>+             SHT3X_WORD_LEN,
> >>+             SHT3X_CRC8_INIT);
> >>+
> >>+    mutex_lock(&data->data_lock);
> >>+    mutex_lock(&data->i2c_lock);
> >>+    ret = i2c_master_send(client, buffer, sizeof(buffer));
> >>+    mutex_unlock(&data->i2c_lock);
> >>+
> >>+    if (ret != sizeof(buffer))
> >>+        goto out;
> >>+
> >>+    data->temperature_limits[index] = temperature;
> >>+    data->humidity_limits[index] = humidity;
> >>+
> >>+out:
> >>+    mutex_unlock(&data->data_lock);
> >>+    if (ret != sizeof(buffer))
> >>+        return  ret < 0 ? ret : -EIO;
> >>+
> >>+    return count;
> >
> >I would prefer something like
> >
> >        if (ret != sizeof(buffer)) {
> >                if (ret >= 0)
> >                        ret = -EIO;
> >                goto out;
> >        }
> >
> >        ret = count;
> >        data->temperature_limits[index] = temperature;
> >        data->humidity_limits[index] = humidity;
> >out:
> >        mutex_unlock(&data->data_lock);
> >        return ret;
> >
> >which I think would be cleaner. See below though for locking issues.
> OK, wasn't sure if it is appropriate to handle error and valid return in the
> same variable

Done all over the place.

[ ... ]

> >
> >>+    mutex_lock(&data->i2c_lock);
> >>+    mutex_lock(&data->data_lock);
> >>+    /* abort periodic measure */
> >>+    ret = i2c_master_send(client, sht3x_cmd_break, SHT3X_CMD_LENGTH);
> >>+    if (ret != SHT3X_CMD_LENGTH)
> >>+        goto out;
> >>+    data->mode = 0;
> >>+
> >
> >Can you explain why you set data->mode = 0 here ?
> To do any changes to the configuration while in periodic mode we have to
> send a break command to the sensor, which then falls back to single shot
> mode (mode = 0). Therefore for consistency reasons we set the mode to
> the value it actually is at this point.
> If setting the new mode fails, we are still in single shot mode. Like this
> we
> ensure that the data->mode is always correct.

Ok; please add the explanation as comment into the code.

Thanks,
Guenter
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