linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][Update 2][PATCH 1/4] ACPI / PM: Export power states of ACPI devices via sysfs

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Message-ID: <20130121222647.GA19759@kroah.com>
Date:	Mon, 21 Jan 2013 14:26:47 -0800
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
Cc:	ACPI Devel Maling List <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Kristen C. Accardi" <kristen.c.accardi@...el.com>,
	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC][Update 2][PATCH 1/4] ACPI / PM: Export power states of
 ACPI devices via sysfs

On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 11:27:32PM +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Monday, January 21, 2013 12:53:05 PM Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 02:04:32PM +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > > From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>
> > > 
> > > Make it possible to retrieve the current power state of a device with
> > > ACPI power management from user space via sysfs by adding a new
> > > attribute power_state to the sysfs directory associated with the
> > > struct acpi_device object representing the device's ACPI node.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>
> > > ---
> > >  Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-power_state |   21 ++++++++++++++
> > >  drivers/acpi/scan.c                                 |   29 +++++++++++++++++++-
> > >  2 files changed, 49 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > > 
> > > Index: linux-pm/drivers/acpi/scan.c
> > > ===================================================================
> > > --- linux-pm.orig/drivers/acpi/scan.c
> > > +++ linux-pm/drivers/acpi/scan.c
> > > @@ -178,6 +178,23 @@ err_out:
> > >  }
> > >  EXPORT_SYMBOL(acpi_bus_hot_remove_device);
> > >  
> > > +static ssize_t power_state_show(struct device *dev,
> > > +				struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
> > > +{
> > > +	struct acpi_device *adev = to_acpi_device(dev);
> > > +	int state;
> > > +	int ret;
> > > +
> > > +	ret = acpi_device_get_power(adev, &state);
> > > +	if (ret)
> > > +		return ret;
> > > +
> > > +	return sprintf(buf, "%s %s\n", acpi_power_state_string(state),
> > > +		       acpi_power_state_string(adev->power.state));
> > > +}
> > 
> > You are showing 2 different things here in a single sysfs file, which is
> > really frowned apon.  Any chance to split this up into two different
> > sysfs files instead?
> 
> Well, I can, but I'm not sure how to call the other one.  "sw_power_state"
> perhaps?

I don't know, as I'm not quite sure what it is supposed to represent :)

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