linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4] hwmon: add POWER-Z driver

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Date:   Sun, 3 Sep 2023 10:54:06 -0400
From:   Douglas Gilbert <dgilbert@...erlog.com>
To:     Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
        Thomas Weißschuh <linux@...ssschuh.net>,
        Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
Cc:     jdelvare@...e.com, linux-hwmon@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] hwmon: add POWER-Z driver

On 2023-09-03 07:46, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> On 9/2/23 22:54, Douglas Gilbert wrote:
>> On 2023-09-02 18:56, Guenter Roeck wrote:
>>> On 9/2/23 15:29, Thomas Weißschuh wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> On 2023-09-02 18:36:17+0200, Christophe JAILLET wrote:
>>>>> Le 02/09/2023 à 09:47, Thomas Weißschuh a écrit :
>>>>>> POWER-Z is a series of devices to monitor power characteristics of
>>>>>> USB-C connections and display those on a on-device display.
>>>>>> Some of the devices, notably KM002C and KM003C, contain an additional
>>>>>> port which exposes the measurements via USB.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This is a driver for this monitor port.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It was developed and tested with the KM003C.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh 
>>>>>> <linux-9XfqOkM5JgxKQ7RDE2T8Pw@...lic.gmane.org>
>>>>>> ---
>>>>>
>>>>> ...
>>>>>
>>>>>> +static int powerz_probe(struct usb_interface *intf,
>>>>>> +            const struct usb_device_id *id)
>>>>>> +{
>>>>>> +    struct powerz_priv *priv;
>>>>>> +    struct device *hwmon_dev;
>>>>>> +    struct device *parent;
>>>>>> +
>>>>>> +    parent = &intf->dev;
>>>>>> +
>>>>>> +    priv = devm_kzalloc(parent, sizeof(*priv), GFP_KERNEL);
>>>>>> +    if (!priv)
>>>>>> +        return -ENOMEM;
>>>>>> +
>>>>>> +    priv->urb = usb_alloc_urb(0, GFP_KERNEL);
>>>>>> +    if (!priv->urb)
>>>>>> +        return -ENOMEM;
>>>>>> +    mutex_init(&priv->mutex);
>>>>>> +    priv->status = -ETIMEDOUT;
>>>>>> +    init_completion(&priv->completion);
>>>>>> +
>>>>>> +    hwmon_dev =
>>>>>> +        devm_hwmon_device_register_with_info(parent, DRIVER_NAME, priv,
>>>>>> +                         &powerz_chip_info, NULL);
>>>>>> +    usb_set_intfdata(intf, priv);
>>>>>> +
>>>>>> +    return PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(hwmon_dev);
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> If 'hwmon_dev' is an PTR_ERR, priv->urb leaks.
>>>>
>>>> Good catch, thanks!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Guenter,
>>>>
>>>> it seems the new hwmon-next with this driver has not yet been pushed to
>>>> git.kernel.org, so I can't generate the Fixes tag.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Rule is that I must not push anything into linux-next until
>>> after v6.6-rc1 has been released.
>>>
>>>> Can you modify the commit to also contain the changes below?
>>>> Or let me know if you prefer something else.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I'll update the patch and make the change.
>>
>> Hi,
>> While you are at it, you can make the driver detect the earlier model KM002C:
>>
> 
> Please send a separate patch to do that.

That would be easier if I could see a git repository with the powerz driver
in it. Looking at:
    https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/groeck/linux-staging.git/

or is there another url to use?

Doug Gilbert