On 03/01/2016 08:02 PM, Alison Schofield wrote:
> It is often the case that the driver wants to be sure a device stays
> in direct mode while it is executing a task or series of tasks. To
> accomplish this today, the driver performs this sequence: 1) take the
> device state lock, 2)verify it is not in a buffered mode, 3) execute
> some tasks, and 4) release that lock.
>
> This patch introduces a pair of helper functions that simplify these
> steps and make it more semantically expressive.
>
> iio_claim_direct_mode()
> If the device is not in any buffered mode it is guaranteed
> to stay that way until iio_release_direct_mode() is called.
>
> iio_release_direct_mode()
> Release the claim. Device is no longer guaranteed to stay
> in direct mode.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alison Schofield <amsfield22@xxxxxxxxx>
Looks basically good.
> ---
> drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> include/linux/iio/iio.h | 2 ++
> 2 files changed, 41 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c b/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
> index 70cb7eb..f6f0c89 100644
> --- a/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
> +++ b/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
> @@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
> #include <linux/slab.h>
> #include <linux/anon_inodes.h>
> #include <linux/debugfs.h>
> +#include <linux/mutex.h>
> #include <linux/iio/iio.h>
> #include "iio_core.h"
> #include "iio_core_trigger.h"
> @@ -1375,6 +1376,44 @@ void devm_iio_device_unregister(struct device *dev, struct iio_dev *indio_dev)
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(devm_iio_device_unregister);
>
> +/**
> + * iio_claim_direct_mode - Keep device in direct mode
> + * @indio_dev: the iio_dev associated with the device
> + *
> + * If the device is in direct mode it is guaranteed to
> + * stay that way until iio_release_direct_mode() is called.
> + *
> + * Use with iio_release_direct_mode()
> + *
> + * Returns: 0 on success, -EINVAL on failure
> + */
> +int iio_claim_direct_mode(struct iio_dev *indio_dev)
To be consistent with the reset of the API I'd use the iio_device_... prefix
here, same for the release function.
> +{
> + mutex_lock(&indio_dev->mlock);
> +
> + if (iio_buffer_enabled(indio_dev)) {
> + mutex_unlock(&indio_dev->mlock);
> + return -EINVAL;
-EINVAL doesn't make much sense here, -EBUSY is better.
> + }
> + return 0;
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(iio_claim_direct_mode);
>
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