Re: [PATCH] usb: typec: Add num_altmodes partner attribute

[Prashant Malani]

Hi Greg,

Thanks a lot for looking at the patch.

(trimming text)
On Wed, Jul 01, 2020 at 02:01:31PM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 30, 2020 at 05:31:48PM -0700, Prashant Malani wrote:
> > Add a user-visible attribute for the number of alt modes available in a
> > partner. This allows userspace to determine whether there are any
> > remaining alt modes left to be registered by the kernel driver. It can
> > begin implementing any policy state machine after all available alt
> > modes have been registered with the connector class framework.
> > 
> > This value is set to "-1" initially, which is an invalid value,
> > signifying that a valid number of alt modes haven't been set for the
> > partner.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Prashant Malani <pmalani@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Benson Leung <bleung@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > + */
> > +int typec_partner_set_num_altmodes(struct typec_partner *partner, int num_altmodes)
> > +{
> > +	if (num_altmodes < 0)
> > +		return -EINVAL;
> > +
> > +	partner->num_altmodes = num_altmodes;
> > +	sysfs_notify(&partner->dev.kobj, NULL, "num_altmodes");
> > +
> > +	return 0;
> > +}
> > +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(typec_partner_set_num_altmodes);
> 
> Who is calling this?  We need a user before we can add a newly exported
> function.

cros-ec-typec (drivers/platform/chrome/cros_ec_typec.c), but the patch for that
isn't ready yet. I will submit v2 when that patch is ready for review.

My apologies for not considering this earlier.

Best regards,

> 
> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h