Re: [RFC PATCH v2 2/7] iio: core: Introduce IIO_ACTIVITY channel and TRANSITION event

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On 25/10/14 20:19, Daniel Baluta wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 25, 2014 at 10:01 PM, Jonathan Cameron <jic23@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On 09/10/14 13:39, Daniel Baluta wrote:
>>> This channel will be used for exposing information about
>>> activity composite sensors. Activities supported so far:
>>>       * running
>>>       * jogging
>>>       * walking
>>>       * still
>>>
>>> TRANSITION event is used to signal a change in the activity
>>> state.
>>>
>>> We associate a confidence interval for each activity expressed
>>> as a percentage from 0 to 100.
>>>   * 0, means the sensor IS NOT reporting that activity.
>>>   * 100, means the sensor IS reporting that activity.
>>>
>>> Users of this interface have two possibile means to gather
>>> information about the ongoing activities.
>>>
>>> 1. Event based, via event file descriptor
>>>   * sensor may report an event when ENTERING an activity or LEAVING
>>>     an activity based on a threshold value.
>>>   * drivers will wake up applications waiting data on the event fd
>>>
>>> 2. Polling, by reading the sysfs associated attribute files:
>>>   * /sys/bus/iio/devices/iio:device0/in_activity_running_input
>>> expressed as percentage confidence value from 0 to 100.
>>>
>>> This will offer an interface for Android significant motion
>>> composite sensor defined here:
>>> http://source.android.com/devices/sensors/composite_sensors.html
>>>
>>> Activities listed above are supported by Freescale's MMA9553 sensor:
>>> http://freescale.com/files/sensors/doc/ref_manual/MMA9553LSWRM.pdf
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Irina Tirdea <irina.tirdea@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> Signed-off-by: Daniel Baluta <daniel.baluta@xxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> I don't see why we need the transition event.  A transition is simply
>> a threshold rising (or falling) event much like any other - just
>> on a confidence interval.
>>
>> So it would be possible to be interested in the confidence that are not
>> sitting rising above 20% on the basis that some other sensor needs enabling.
>>
> 
> Using a THRESHOLD event type also work for us.
> 
>> See below for resulting suggestions.
>>
>> Other than that little point this looks good to me.
>>> ---
>>>  Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio | 44 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>  drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c         |  5 ++++
>>>  drivers/iio/industrialio-event.c        |  1 +
>>>  include/linux/iio/types.h               |  8 +++++-
>>>  4 files changed, 57 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio
>>> index d760b02..12d0385 100644
>>> --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio
>>> +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio
>>> @@ -776,6 +776,40 @@ Description:
>>>               met before an event is generated. If direction is not
>>>               specified then this period applies to both directions.
>>>
>>> +What:                /sys/.../events/in_activity_still_transition_rising_en
>> What:   /sys/.../events/in_activity_threshold_rising_en
> 
> Shouldn't this be:
> 
> What:   /sys/.../events/in_activity_still_threshold_rising_en ?
> 
> Perhaps, one needs to enable events per activity type.
Absolutely.
> 
>>> +What:                /sys/.../events/in_activity_still_transition_falling_en
>> What:   /sys/.../events/in_activity_threshold_falling_en
> Also, here:
> 
> What:   /sys/.../events/in_activity_still_threshold_falling_en
> 
>> etc
>>> +What:                /sys/.../events/in_activity_walking_transition_rising_en
>>> +What:                /sys/.../events/in_activity_walking_transition_falling_en
>>> +What:                /sys/.../events/in_activity_jogging_transition_rising_en
>>> +What:                /sys/.../events/in_activity_jogging_transition_falling_en
>>> +What:                /sys/.../events/in_activity_running_transition_rising_en
>>> +What:                /sys/.../events/in_activity_running_transition_falling_en
>>> +KernelVersion:       3.19
>>> +Contact:     linux-iio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> +Description:
>>> +             Enables or disables activitity events. Depending on direction
>>> +             an event is generated when sensor ENTERS or LEAVES a given state.
>>> +
>>> +What:                /sys/.../events/in_activity_still_transition_rising_value
>> What: /sys/.../events/in_activity_still_threshold_rising_value etc
> 
> This looks good to me :)
> 
>>> +What:                /sys/.../events/in_activity_still_transition_falling_value
>>> +What:                /sys/.../events/in_activity_walking_transition_rising_value
>>> +What:                /sys/.../events/in_activity_walking_transition_falling_value
>>> +What:                /sys/.../events/in_activity_jogging_transition_rising_value
>>> +What:                /sys/.../events/in_activity_jogging_transition_falling_value
>>> +What:                /sys/.../events/in_activity_running_transition_rising_value
>>> +What:                /sys/.../events/in_activity_running_transition_falling_value
>>> +KernelVersion:       3.19
>>> +Contact:     linux-iio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> +Description:
>>> +             Confidence value (in units as percentage) to be used
>>> +             for deciding when an event should be generated. E.g for
>>> +             running: If the confidence value reported by the sensor
>>> +             is greater then in_activity_running_transition_rising_value
>>> +             then the sensor ENTERS running state. Conversely, if the
>>> +             confidence value reported by the sensor is lower than
>>> +             in_activity_running_transition_rising_value then the sensor
>>> +             is LEAVING running state.
>>> +
>>>  What:                /sys/.../iio:deviceX/events/in_accel_mag_en
>>>  What:                /sys/.../iio:deviceX/events/in_accel_mag_rising_en
>>>  What:                /sys/.../iio:deviceX/events/in_accel_mag_falling_en
>>> @@ -942,6 +976,16 @@ Description:
>>>               and the relevant _type attributes to establish the data storage
>>>               format.
>>>
>>> +What:                /sys/.../iio:deviceX/in_activity_still_input
>>> +What:                /sys/.../iio:deviceX/in_activity_walking_input
>>> +What:                /sys/.../iio:deviceX/in_activity_jogging_input
>>> +What:                /sys/.../iio:deviceX/in_activity_running_input
>>> +KernelVersion:       3.19
>>> +Contact:     linux-iio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> +Description:
>>> +             This attribute is used to read the confidence for an activity
>>> +             expressed in units as percentage.
>>> +
>>>  What:                /sys/.../iio:deviceX/in_anglvel_z_quadrature_correction_raw
>>>  KernelVersion:       2.6.38
>>>  Contact:     linux-iio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> diff --git a/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c b/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
>>> index af3e76d..e453ef9 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
>>> @@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ static const char * const iio_chan_type_name_spec[] = {
>>>       [IIO_CCT] = "cct",
>>>       [IIO_PRESSURE] = "pressure",
>>>       [IIO_HUMIDITYRELATIVE] = "humidityrelative",
>>> +     [IIO_ACTIVITY] = "activity",
>>>  };
>>>
>>>  static const char * const iio_modifier_names[] = {
>>> @@ -91,6 +92,10 @@ static const char * const iio_modifier_names[] = {
>>>       [IIO_MOD_NORTH_TRUE] = "from_north_true",
>>>       [IIO_MOD_NORTH_MAGN_TILT_COMP] = "from_north_magnetic_tilt_comp",
>>>       [IIO_MOD_NORTH_TRUE_TILT_COMP] = "from_north_true_tilt_comp",
>>> +     [IIO_MOD_RUNNING] = "running",
>>> +     [IIO_MOD_JOGGING] = "jogging",
>>> +     [IIO_MOD_WALKING] = "walking",
>>> +     [IIO_MOD_STILL] = "still",
>>>  };
>>>
>>>  /* relies on pairs of these shared then separate */
>>> diff --git a/drivers/iio/industrialio-event.c b/drivers/iio/industrialio-event.c
>>> index 0c1e37e..afcf154 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/iio/industrialio-event.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/iio/industrialio-event.c
>>> @@ -197,6 +197,7 @@ static const char * const iio_ev_type_text[] = {
>>>       [IIO_EV_TYPE_ROC] = "roc",
>>>       [IIO_EV_TYPE_THRESH_ADAPTIVE] = "thresh_adaptive",
>>>       [IIO_EV_TYPE_MAG_ADAPTIVE] = "mag_adaptive",
>>> +     [IIO_EV_TYPE_TRANSITION] = "transition",
>>>  };
>>>
>>>  static const char * const iio_ev_dir_text[] = {
>>> diff --git a/include/linux/iio/types.h b/include/linux/iio/types.h
>>> index 4a2af8a..a08ee6c 100644
>>> --- a/include/linux/iio/types.h
>>> +++ b/include/linux/iio/types.h
>>> @@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ enum iio_chan_type {
>>>       IIO_CCT,
>>>       IIO_PRESSURE,
>>>       IIO_HUMIDITYRELATIVE,
>>> +     IIO_ACTIVITY,
>>>  };
>>>
>>>  enum iio_modifier {
>>> @@ -59,7 +60,11 @@ enum iio_modifier {
>>>       IIO_MOD_NORTH_MAGN,
>>>       IIO_MOD_NORTH_TRUE,
>>>       IIO_MOD_NORTH_MAGN_TILT_COMP,
>>> -     IIO_MOD_NORTH_TRUE_TILT_COMP
>>> +     IIO_MOD_NORTH_TRUE_TILT_COMP,
>>> +     IIO_MOD_RUNNING,
>>> +     IIO_MOD_JOGGING,
>>> +     IIO_MOD_WALKING,
>>> +     IIO_MOD_STILL,
>>>  };
>>>
>>>  enum iio_event_type {
>>> @@ -68,6 +73,7 @@ enum iio_event_type {
>>>       IIO_EV_TYPE_ROC,
>>>       IIO_EV_TYPE_THRESH_ADAPTIVE,
>>>       IIO_EV_TYPE_MAG_ADAPTIVE,
>>> +     IIO_EV_TYPE_TRANSITION,
>>>  };
>>>
>>>  enum iio_event_info {
>>>
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