Re: [PATCH 2/5] iio: temperature: mcp9600: Share scale by all channels

From: Dimitri Fedrau
Date: Tue Apr 30 2024 - 08:24:05 EST


Am Tue, Apr 30, 2024 at 01:09:34PM +0100 schrieb Jonathan Cameron:
> On Tue, 30 Apr 2024 14:05:32 +0200
> Dimitri Fedrau <dima.fedrau@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Move bit IIO_CHAN_INFO_SCALE from info_mask_separate to
> > info_mask_shared_by_all since temperature format is the same for all
> > channels.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Dimitri Fedrau <dima.fedrau@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Whilst this shouldn't be a problem for well behaved userspace,
> it is an ABI change so as a general rule we don't 'fix' cases like
> this once they have been in a kernel release.
>
> We may be break someone's hand crafted scripts :(
>
Ok, will remove the patch from the series.

Best regards,
Dimitri Fedrau

>
> > ---
> > drivers/iio/temperature/mcp9600.c | 8 ++++----
> > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/iio/temperature/mcp9600.c b/drivers/iio/temperature/mcp9600.c
> > index e277edb4ae4b..74e0782fb073 100644
> > --- a/drivers/iio/temperature/mcp9600.c
> > +++ b/drivers/iio/temperature/mcp9600.c
> > @@ -28,16 +28,16 @@ static const struct iio_chan_spec mcp9600_channels[] = {
> > .address = MCP9600_HOT_JUNCTION,
> > .channel2 = IIO_MOD_TEMP_OBJECT,
> > .modified = 1,
> > - .info_mask_separate =
> > - BIT(IIO_CHAN_INFO_RAW) | BIT(IIO_CHAN_INFO_SCALE),
> > + .info_mask_separate = BIT(IIO_CHAN_INFO_RAW),
> > + .info_mask_shared_by_all = BIT(IIO_CHAN_INFO_SCALE),
> > },
> > {
> > .type = IIO_TEMP,
> > .address = MCP9600_COLD_JUNCTION,
> > .channel2 = IIO_MOD_TEMP_AMBIENT,
> > .modified = 1,
> > - .info_mask_separate =
> > - BIT(IIO_CHAN_INFO_RAW) | BIT(IIO_CHAN_INFO_SCALE),
> > + .info_mask_separate = BIT(IIO_CHAN_INFO_RAW),
> > + .info_mask_shared_by_all = BIT(IIO_CHAN_INFO_SCALE),
> > },
> > };
> >
>