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Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2015 14:51:03 +0100
From: Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To: Jacek Anaszewski <j.anaszewski@...sung.com>
Cc: Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>,
kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
linux-leds@...r.kernel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
kyungmin.park@...sung.com, b.zolnierkie@...sung.com,
cooloney@...il.com, rpurdie@...ys.net, sakari.ailus@....fi,
s.nawrocki@...sung.com
Subject: Re: Reading /sys with side effects (was Re: [PATCH 1/2]
Documentation: leds: Add description of LED Flash class extension)
Hi!
> >[Actually, you could _always_ do two reads on those devices, discard
> >first result, and return the second. But I'm not sure how hardware
> >will like that.]
>
> This would be the most sensible option.
>
>
> However, let's analyze the typical use cases for flash strobing:
>
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> >>>>>>>> Version without faults caching:
>
> ============
> Driver side:
> ============
>
> read_faults()
> faults = read_i2c(); //read faults
> if faults
> write_i2c(); //clear faults, only for some devices
> faults = read_i2c(); //read faults
> return faults
>
> ================
> User space side:
> ================
>
> 1. faults = `cat flash_faults` //read_faults()
> 2. if faults then
> print "Unable to strobe the flash LED due to faults"
> else
> echo 1 > flash_strobe
>
>
> >>>>>>>> Version with faults caching:
>
> ============
> Driver side:
> ============
>
> read_faults()
> faults |= read_i2c(); //read faults
>
> clear_faults()
> write_i2c(); //clear faults
> faults = 0;
>
>
> ================
> User space side:
> ================
>
> 1. faults = `cat flash_faults` //read_faults()
> 2. if faults then
> echo 0 > flash_faults //clear_faults()
> faults = `cat flash_faults` //read_faults()
> 3, if !faults
> echo 1 > flash_strobe
> else
> print "Unable to strobe the flash LED due to faults"
>
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------
>
> From the above it seems that version with clearing faults on read
> results in the simpler flash strobing procedure on userspace side,
> by the cost of additional bus access on the driver side.
I like caching version more (as it will allow by-hand debugging of
"why did not flash fire? Aha, lets see in the file, there was fault),
but both should be acceptable.
> we don't need additional attribute, just writing the flash_faults
> attribute can do the clearing.
Yes, writing flash_faults to clear is acceptable.
Pavel
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