linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] iio: Improve the kernel-doc of iio_trigger

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Message-ID: <ZAOoT9IkzNT3BpZW@carbian>
Date:   Sat, 4 Mar 2023 21:21:35 +0100
From:   Mehdi Djait <mehdi.djait.k@...il.com>
To:     Jonathan Cameron <jic23@...nel.org>
Cc:     lars@...afoo.de, andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com,
        linux-iio@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] iio: Improve the kernel-doc of iio_trigger_poll

On Sat, Mar 04, 2023 at 04:46:01PM +0000, Jonathan Cameron wrote:
> On Thu,  2 Mar 2023 14:04:35 +0100
> Mehdi Djait <mehdi.djait.k@...il.com> wrote:
> 
> > Move the kernel-doc of the function to industrialio-trigger.c
> > Add a note on the context where the function is expected to be called.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Mehdi Djait <mehdi.djait.k@...il.com>
> > ---
> > v2:
> > - Changed the expected context of from interrupt to hard IRQ context
> > 
> >  drivers/iio/industrialio-trigger.c | 7 +++++++
> >  include/linux/iio/trigger.h        | 6 ------
> >  2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/iio/industrialio-trigger.c b/drivers/iio/industrialio-trigger.c
> > index a2f3cc2f65ef..bb0a44df8740 100644
> > --- a/drivers/iio/industrialio-trigger.c
> > +++ b/drivers/iio/industrialio-trigger.c
> > @@ -192,6 +192,13 @@ static void iio_trigger_notify_done_atomic(struct iio_trigger *trig)
> >  		schedule_work(&trig->reenable_work);
> >  }
> >  
> > +/**
> > + * iio_trigger_poll() - Call the IRQ trigger handler of the consumers
> > + * @trig: trigger which occurred
> > + *
> > + * This function needs to be called from a hard IRQ context.
> I tweaked this to drop the line below and to say
> This function should only be called from a hard IRQ context.
> 
> Fun subtlety of English that reminds me of the sign on the London underground
> escalators that said "Guide dogs must be carried" thus apparently limiting
> their use to people who could find a guide dog to carry.
> 
> Here we don't want to oblige all code to call the function :)

I was even going for "must be called from hard IRQ context" first :) but
then decided that I need more accepted patches before instructing others on 
what must be done in the kernel :)

--
Kind Regards
Mehdi Djait