On Tue, Nov 05, 2019 at 12:10:51PM +0100, Ahmad Fatoum wrote:
> On 11/5/19 11:46 AM, Ahmad Fatoum wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > On 11/5/19 11:40 AM, Sascha Hauer wrote:
> >> When we just started the watchdog we actually know that it is running,
> >> so we could support the parameter for all watchdogs once it's started.
>
> I'll do this.
>
> >> Casting p->value to (struct watchdog *) seems wrong. However, this
> >> function shouldn't be needed, see below.
>
> It's well-defined, but ye, it feels a bit wrong.
>
> >>> +
> >>> static int watchdog_register_dev(struct watchdog *wd, const char *name, int id)
> >>> {
> >>> wd->dev.parent = wd->hwdev;
> >>> @@ -162,6 +184,15 @@ int watchdog_register(struct watchdog *wd)
> >>> if (ret)
> >>> return ret;
> >>>
> >>> + if (test_bit(WDOG_HW_RUNNING_SUPPORTED, &wd->status)) {
> >>> + p = dev_add_param(&wd->dev, "running", NULL,
> >>> + watchdog_get_running, PARAM_FLAG_RO);
> >>> + if (IS_ERR(p))
> >>> + return PTR_ERR(p);
> >>> +
> >>> + p->value = (char *)wd;
> >>> + }
> >>
> >> How about adding this parameter unconditionally, with "unknown" as value
> >> when WDOG_HW_RUNNING_SUPPORTED is not set. You can use
> >> dev_add_param_enum() here.
>
> Thinking about it, I'd rather not use dev_add_param_enum here. I would like
> to leave the driver-side API not too different from Linux, i.e. status bits
> that can be set. If I use dev_add_param_enum, I'll have to add a new struct
> member for every new status bit.
Not for every bit, but for every flag you want to export as a parameter.
But where's the problem with that?
Sascha
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