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Date:   Tue, 28 Dec 2021 08:13:01 -0800
From:   Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
To:     Cosmin Tanislav <demonsingur@...il.com>
Cc:     cosmin.tanislav@...log.com, Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.com>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, linux-hwmon@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] hwmon: Add debugfs register access

On 12/27/21 2:42 PM, Cosmin Tanislav wrote:
> From: Cosmin Tanislav <cosmin.tanislav@...log.com>
> 
> Similar to IIO, create a device directory inside debugfs
> mount point, and create a direct_reg_access file inside
> that directory, if debugfs_reg_access callback is defined
> inside hwmon_ops.
> 

Patch looks good afaics. I don't want to apply it now (ie for 5.17),
though, because it is getting close and we don't have a use case.
If you have one in mind, I'd suggest to submit it together with
this patch, or we'll have to wait until there is a user.

Guenter

> Signed-off-by: Cosmin Tanislav <cosmin.tanislav@...log.com>
> ---
>   Documentation/hwmon/hwmon-kernel-api.rst |  9 +++
>   drivers/hwmon/hwmon.c                    | 97 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
>   include/linux/hwmon.h                    | 12 +++
>   3 files changed, 118 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/hwmon-kernel-api.rst b/Documentation/hwmon/hwmon-kernel-api.rst
> index c41eb6108103..d568a0bfa5fb 100644
> --- a/Documentation/hwmon/hwmon-kernel-api.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/hwmon-kernel-api.rst
> @@ -136,6 +136,8 @@ The list of hwmon operations is defined as::
>   		    u32 attr, int, long *);
>   	int (*write)(struct device *, enum hwmon_sensor_types type,
>   		     u32 attr, int, long);
> +	int (*reg_access)(struct device *dev, unsigned int reg,
> +			  unsigned int writeval, unsigned int *readval);
>     };
>   
>   It defines the following operations.
> @@ -152,6 +154,13 @@ It defines the following operations.
>       Pointer to a function for writing a value to the chip. This function is
>       optional, but must be provided if any writeable attributes exist.
>   
> +* reg_access:
> +    Pointer to a function for writing or reading a register to the chip.
> +    This function is optional.
> +    WARNING: Drivers implementing this function must block any access that
> +    may cause issues such as power loss, board resets, flash corruption or
> +    bricking.
> +
>   Each sensor channel is described with struct hwmon_channel_info, which is
>   defined as follows::
>   
> diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/hwmon.c b/drivers/hwmon/hwmon.c
> index 3501a3ead4ba..027e5fc33114 100644
> --- a/drivers/hwmon/hwmon.c
> +++ b/drivers/hwmon/hwmon.c
> @@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
>   #define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt
>   
>   #include <linux/bitops.h>
> +#include <linux/debugfs.h>
>   #include <linux/device.h>
>   #include <linux/err.h>
>   #include <linux/gfp.h>
> @@ -35,6 +36,9 @@ struct hwmon_device {
>   	struct list_head tzdata;
>   	struct attribute_group group;
>   	const struct attribute_group **groups;
> +	unsigned int cached_reg_addr;
> +	char read_buf[20];
> +	unsigned int read_buf_len;
>   };
>   
>   #define to_hwmon_device(d) container_of(d, struct hwmon_device, dev)
> @@ -64,6 +68,90 @@ struct hwmon_thermal_data {
>   	struct thermal_zone_device *tzd;/* thermal zone device */
>   };
>   
> +static struct dentry *hwmon_debugfs_dentry;
> +
> +static ssize_t hwmon_debugfs_read_reg(struct file *file,
> +				      char __user *userbuf,
> +				      size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
> +{
> +	struct hwmon_device *hwdev = file->private_data;
> +	unsigned int val;
> +	int ret;
> +
> +	if (*ppos > 0)
> +		return simple_read_from_buffer(userbuf, count, ppos,
> +					       hwdev->read_buf,
> +					       hwdev->read_buf_len);
> +
> +	ret = hwdev->chip->ops->reg_access(&hwdev->dev, hwdev->cached_reg_addr,
> +					   0, &val);
> +	if (ret)
> +		return ret;
> +
> +	hwdev->read_buf_len = snprintf(hwdev->read_buf, sizeof(hwdev->read_buf),
> +				       "0x%X\n", val);
> +
> +	return simple_read_from_buffer(userbuf, count, ppos, hwdev->read_buf,
> +				       hwdev->read_buf_len);
> +}
> +
> +static ssize_t hwmon_debugfs_write_reg(struct file *file,
> +				       const char __user *userbuf,
> +				       size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
> +{
> +	struct hwmon_device *hwdev = file->private_data;
> +	unsigned int reg, val;
> +	char buf[80];
> +	int ret;
> +
> +	count = min_t(size_t, count, sizeof(buf) - 1);
> +	if (copy_from_user(buf, userbuf, count))
> +		return -EFAULT;
> +
> +	buf[count] = 0;
> +
> +	ret = sscanf(buf, "%i %i", &reg, &val);
> +
> +	switch (ret) {
> +	case 1:
> +		hwdev->cached_reg_addr = reg;
> +		break;
> +	case 2:
> +		hwdev->cached_reg_addr = reg;
> +		ret = hwdev->chip->ops->reg_access(&hwdev->dev, reg, val, NULL);
> +		if (ret)
> +			return ret;
> +		break;
> +	default:
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +	}
> +
> +	return count;
> +}
> +
> +static const struct file_operations hwmon_debugfs_reg_fops = {
> +	.open = simple_open,
> +	.read = hwmon_debugfs_read_reg,
> +	.write = hwmon_debugfs_write_reg,
> +};
> +
> +static void hwmon_device_register_debugfs(struct hwmon_device *hwdev)
> +{
> +	struct dentry *dir = debugfs_create_dir(dev_name(&hwdev->dev),
> +						hwmon_debugfs_dentry);
> +
> +	debugfs_create_file("direct_reg_access", 0644, dir, hwdev,
> +			    &hwmon_debugfs_reg_fops);
> +}
> +
> +static void hwmon_device_unregister_debugfs(struct hwmon_device *hwdev)
> +{
> +	struct dentry *dir = debugfs_lookup(dev_name(&hwdev->dev),
> +					    hwmon_debugfs_dentry);
> +
> +	debugfs_remove_recursive(dir);
> +}
> +
>   static ssize_t
>   name_show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
>   {
> @@ -114,6 +202,8 @@ static void hwmon_dev_release(struct device *dev)
>   {
>   	struct hwmon_device *hwdev = to_hwmon_device(dev);
>   
> +	hwmon_device_unregister_debugfs(hwdev);
> +
>   	if (hwdev->group.attrs)
>   		hwmon_free_attrs(hwdev->group.attrs);
>   	kfree(hwdev->groups);
> @@ -817,6 +907,9 @@ __hwmon_device_register(struct device *dev, const char *name, void *drvdata,
>   		}
>   	}
>   
> +	if (chip && chip->ops->reg_access)
> +		hwmon_device_register_debugfs(hwdev);
> +
>   	return hdev;
>   
>   free_hwmon:
> @@ -1062,12 +1155,16 @@ static int __init hwmon_init(void)
>   		pr_err("couldn't register hwmon sysfs class\n");
>   		return err;
>   	}
> +
> +	hwmon_debugfs_dentry = debugfs_create_dir("hwmon", NULL);
> +
>   	return 0;
>   }
>   
>   static void __exit hwmon_exit(void)
>   {
>   	class_unregister(&hwmon_class);
> +	debugfs_remove(hwmon_debugfs_dentry);
>   }
>   
>   subsys_initcall(hwmon_init);
> diff --git a/include/linux/hwmon.h b/include/linux/hwmon.h
> index fad1f1df26df..587fb2931ac1 100644
> --- a/include/linux/hwmon.h
> +++ b/include/linux/hwmon.h
> @@ -390,6 +390,16 @@ enum hwmon_intrusion_attributes {
>    *			Channel number
>    *		@val:	Value to write
>    *		The function returns 0 on success or a negative error number.
> + * @reg_access:
> + *		Callback to read or write register values.
> + *		Parameters are:
> + *		@dev:	Pointer to hardware monitoring device
> + *		@reg:	Register address to read or write
> + *		@writeval:
> + *			Value to write to register. 0 when reading.
> + *		@readval:
> + *			Pointer to value read from register. NULL when writing.
> + *		The function returns 0 on success or a negative error number.
>    */
>   struct hwmon_ops {
>   	umode_t (*is_visible)(const void *drvdata, enum hwmon_sensor_types type,
> @@ -400,6 +410,8 @@ struct hwmon_ops {
>   		    u32 attr, int channel, const char **str);
>   	int (*write)(struct device *dev, enum hwmon_sensor_types type,
>   		     u32 attr, int channel, long val);
> +	int (*reg_access)(struct device *dev, unsigned int reg,
> +			  unsigned int writeval, unsigned int *readval);
>   };
>   
>   /**
> 

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