linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V6 1/2] introduce ALS sysfs class

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Date:	Tue, 1 Sep 2009 10:11:15 +0200
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:	Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@...el.com>
Cc:	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-acpi <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>, Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V6 1/2] introduce ALS sysfs class

Hi!

> Introduce ALS sysfs class.
> 
> ALS sysfs class provides a standard sysfs interface for
> Ambient Light Sensor devices.
> 
> please read Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-als for
> detailed sysfs designs.

Thanks for fixing the interface!

> +static ssize_t
> +illuminance_show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
> +{
> +	struct als_device *als = to_als_device(dev);
> +	int illuminance;
> +	int result;
> +
> +	result = als->ops->get_illuminance(als, &illuminance);
> +	if (result)
> +		return result;
> +
> +	if (!illuminance)
> +		return sprintf(buf, "Illuminance below the supported range\n");
> +	else if (illuminance == -1)
> +		return sprintf(buf, "Illuminance above the supported range\n");
> +	else if (illuminance < -1)
> +		return -ERANGE;
> +	else
> +		return sprintf(buf, "%d\n", illuminance);
> +}

that's nor particulary clean. One value per file and all that. Could
we simply return errnos in _all_ the error cases? (Docs would suggest
this contains integer so string is definitely unexpected).


> +static ssize_t
> +adjustment_show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
> +{
> +	struct als_device *als = to_als_device(dev);
> +	int illuminance, adjustment;
> +	int result;
> +
> +	result = als->ops->get_illuminance(als, &illuminance);
> +	if (result)
> +		return result;
> +
> +	if (illuminance < 0 && illuminance != -1)
> +		return sprintf(buf, "Current illuminance invalid\n");
> +
> +	result = als_get_adjustment(als, illuminance, &adjustment);
> +	if (result)
> +		return result;
> +
> +	return sprintf(buf, "%d%%\n", adjustment);
> +}

You should not return strings... and in this case it is not clear how
the code works. You fill the buf, but then return...? Better stick to
integers.
								Pavel

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