From: Gwendal Grignou <gwendal@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Document cros_ec_sensors_read_lpc, adding an additional note to explain
that this is the safe function for reading the EC data.
Signed-off-by: Gwendal Grignou <gwendal@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Enric Balletbo i Serra <enric.balletbo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
.../iio/common/cros_ec_sensors/cros_ec_sensors_core.c | 11 +++++++++++
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/iio/common/cros_ec_sensors/cros_ec_sensors_core.c b/drivers/iio/common/cros_ec_sensors/cros_ec_sensors_core.c
index c770a2a809d7..eb7b0edd5da4 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/common/cros_ec_sensors/cros_ec_sensors_core.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/common/cros_ec_sensors/cros_ec_sensors_core.c
@@ -268,6 +268,17 @@ static int cros_ec_sensors_read_data_unsafe(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
return 0;
}
+/**
+ * cros_ec_sensors_read_lpc() - read acceleration data from EC shared memory.
+ * @indio_dev: pointer to IIO device.
+ * @scan_mask: bitmap of the sensor indices to scan.
+ * @data: location to store data.
+ *
+ * Note: this is the safe function for reading the EC data. It guarantees
+ * that the data sampled was not modified by the EC while being read.
+ *
+ * Return: 0 on success, -errno on failure.
+ */
int cros_ec_sensors_read_lpc(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
unsigned long scan_mask, s16 *data)
{
--
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