linux-kernel - Re: [RESEND PATCH] Revert "pwm: Set class for exported channels in sysfs"

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Message-ID: <a6589b2d-c9b3-88a3-f764-e8519db09dbc@st.com>
Date:   Mon, 1 Oct 2018 15:28:37 +0200
From:   Fabrice Gasnier <fabrice.gasnier@...com>
To:     Gottfried Haider <gottfried.haider@...il.com>,
        Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...il.com>
CC:     <stefan.wahren@...e.com>, <gohai@...zessiv.net>,
        H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@...ionengravers.com>,
        <loic.pallardy@...com>, <broonie@...nel.org>,
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        <linux-rpi-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-pwm@...r.kernel.org>, <michal.vokac@...ft.com>
Subject: Re: [RESEND PATCH] Revert "pwm: Set class for exported channels in
 sysfs"

On 09/29/2018 02:19 AM, Gottfried Haider wrote:
> Hello Thierry & Fabrice,
> 
>>> Still, it is possible to send uevent (KOBJ_CHANGE) on pwmchipN device,
>>> to notify of a change, e.g. pwmX channel being exported/unexported.
> 
> I tested this patch, and I am happy to report that it works with the
> udev rule that Raspbian (Raspberry Pi's Debian derivative) has in
> place:
> 
> SUBSYSTEM=="pwm*", PROGRAM="/bin/sh -c '\
>         chown -R root:gpio /sys/class/pwm && chmod -R 770 /sys/class/pwm;\
>         chown -R root:gpio
> /sys/devices/platform/soc/*.pwm/pwm/pwmchip* && chmod -R 770
> /sys/devices/platform/soc/*.pwm/pwm/pwmchip*\
> '"
> 
> 
> So while I can't comment on the uevent semantics, it would solve what
> the original patch attempted to enable (non-root use of pwm).
> 
> Tested-by: Gottfried Haider <gottfried.haider@...il.com>

Hi Gottfried, Thierry,

Thanks for testing. I just sent a new series with:
- revert patch
- additional patch with proposed uevent notification (change) on pwmchip.

Best Regards,
Fabrice

> 
> Best,
> Gottfried
>