linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] drivers/misc: add transfer ioctl for HPS

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Date:   Thu, 27 Jan 2022 14:39:17 -0800
From:   Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To:     Sami Kyöstilä <skyostil@...omium.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     dtor@...omium.org, evanbenn@...omium.org, arnd@...db.de,
        gregkh@...uxfoundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] drivers/misc: add transfer ioctl for HPS



On 1/27/22 00:35, Sami Kyöstilä wrote:
> This patch adds an ioctl operation for sending and receiving data from
> the ChromeOS snooping protection sensor (a.k.a., HPS). This allows
> userspace programs to perform a combined read/write I2C transaction
> through a single syscall.
> 
> The I2C wire protocol for the device is documented at:
> 
> https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromiumos/platform/hps-firmware/+/
> refs/heads/main/docs/host_device_i2c_protocol.md
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sami Kyöstilä <skyostil@...omium.org>
> ---
> 
>  MAINTAINERS              |  1 +
>  drivers/misc/hps-i2c.c   | 81 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  include/uapi/linux/hps.h | 20 ++++++++++
>  3 files changed, 102 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 include/uapi/linux/hps.h
> 

Hi--

If your next patch version continues to use an ioctl, its magic "number"
('h') should be documented in Documentation/userspace-api/ioctl/ioctl-number.rst.

thanks.

> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/hps.h b/include/uapi/linux/hps.h
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..2c1bd174cd02
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/hps.h
> @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+ WITH Linux-syscall-note */
> +/*
> + *  Copyright 2022 Google LLC.
> + */
> +
> +#ifndef _UAPI_HPS_H
> +#define _UAPI_HPS_H
> +
> +#include <linux/types.h>
> +
> +#define HPS_IOC_TRANSFER	_IOWR('h', 0x01, struct hps_transfer_ioctl_data)
> +
> +struct hps_transfer_ioctl_data {
> +	__u32 isize;			/* Number of bytes to send */
> +	unsigned char __user *ibuf;	/* Input buffer */
> +	__u32 osize;			/* Number of bytes to receive */
> +	unsigned char __user *obuf;	/* Output buffer */
> +};
> +
> +#endif /* _UAPI_HPS_H */

-- 
~Randy