linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next 11/12] net: pse-pd: Add support for event reporting using devm_regulator_irq

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Message-ID: <89c56982-690d-4279-af26-ca911251d16f@lunn.ch>
Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2024 02:02:23 +0200
From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To: Kory Maincent <kory.maincent@...tlin.com>
Cc: Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@...gutronix.de>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
	Donald Hunter <donald.hunter@...il.com>,
	Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@...tlin.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, Kyle Swenson <kyle.swenson@....tech>,
	Dent Project <dentproject@...uxfoundation.org>,
	kernel@...gutronix.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 11/12] net: pse-pd: Add support for event
 reporting using devm_regulator_irq_helper

On Wed, Oct 02, 2024 at 06:28:07PM +0200, Kory Maincent wrote:
> From: Kory Maincent (Dent Project) <kory.maincent@...tlin.com>
> 
> Add support for devm_pse_irq_helper(), a wrapper for
> devm_regulator_irq_helper(). This aims to report events such as
> over-current or over-temperature conditions similarly to how the regulator
> API handles them. Additionally, this patch introduces several define
> wrappers to keep regulator naming conventions out of PSE drivers.

I'm missing something here, i think.

https://docs.kernel.org/power/regulator/consumer.html#regulator-events

Suggests these are internal events, using a notification chain. How
does user space get to know about such events?

	Andrew