linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1] leds: trigger: pattern: notify userpace if pattern finished

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Date:   Fri, 2 Sep 2022 08:35:12 +0300
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To:     Dmitry Rokosov <ddrokosov@...rdevices.ru>
Cc:     Martin Kurbanov <mmkurbanov@...rdevices.ru>,
        Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>,
        Raphael Teysseyre <rteysseyre@...il.com>,
        Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@...aro.org>,
        Linux LED Subsystem <linux-leds@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel <kernel@...rdevices.ru>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] leds: trigger: pattern: notify userpace if pattern finished

On Fri, Sep 2, 2022 at 1:43 AM Dmitry Rokosov <ddrokosov@...rdevices.ru> wrote:

...

> > > +static void pattern_trig_remove_pattern_ended(struct led_classdev *led_cdev)
> > > +{
> > > +       struct pattern_trig_data *data = led_get_trigger_data(led_cdev);
> > > +
> > > +       sysfs_put(data->pattern_ended);
> > > +       device_remove_file(led_cdev->dev, &dev_attr_pattern_ended);
> > > +}
> >
> > I'm wondering if you can always have a file and instead provide a
> > value there, so user space may use epoll() mechanism on that. It will
> > simplify your code here.
>
> Could you please explain what you mean? In the current implementation
> userspace can use epoll() already.

On the suddenly disappeared file?

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko