linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] eeprom: at24: Add permission to write

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Message-ID: <YBJ/3UuIMyfjpMHg@kroah.com>
Date:   Thu, 28 Jan 2021 10:11:57 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Bartosz Golaszewski <bgolaszewski@...libre.com>
Cc:     Jenny Ho <hsiufangho@...gle.com>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        linux-i2c <linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] eeprom: at24: Add permission to write_timeout

On Thu, Jan 28, 2021 at 10:04:42AM +0100, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 28, 2021 at 9:10 AM Jenny Ho <hsiufangho@...gle.com> wrote:
> >
> > Need to change timeout time for different use
> > cases to prevent I2C error cases. Open the api
> > and allow Read/Write permission to write_timeout
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Jenny Ho <hsiufangho@...gle.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/misc/eeprom/at24.c | 2 +-
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/misc/eeprom/at24.c b/drivers/misc/eeprom/at24.c
> > index 926408b41270..39caead4058c 100644
> > --- a/drivers/misc/eeprom/at24.c
> > +++ b/drivers/misc/eeprom/at24.c
> > @@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(at24_io_limit, "Maximum bytes per I/O (default 128)");
> >   * it's important to recover from write timeouts.
> >   */
> >  static unsigned int at24_write_timeout = 25;
> > -module_param_named(write_timeout, at24_write_timeout, uint, 0);
> > +module_param_named(write_timeout, at24_write_timeout, uint, 0600);
> >  MODULE_PARM_DESC(at24_write_timeout, "Time (in ms) to try writes (default 25)");
> >
> >  struct at24_chip_data {
> > --
> > 2.30.0.280.ga3ce27912f-goog
> >
> 
> IMO this should be a per-chip device property and not a global module
> param. Any chance you could maybe try and extend the driver with a new
> property for that?

This already is a global module parameter :)

But I agree, having it per-device would be much better, a sysfs
attribute would easily work for that.

thanks,

greg k-h