Re: [PATCH v5] iio: core: Add optional symbolic label to a device channel

[Jonathan Cameron]

On Fri, 18 Sep 2020 12:33:02 +0300
Cristian Pop <cristian.pop@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> If a label is defined in the device tree for this channel add that
> to the channel specific attributes. This is useful for userspace to
> be able to identify an individual channel.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Cristian Pop <cristian.pop@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Changes in V5:
> 	Create patch for single commits.

Patch is fine, but should be in a series with the other two rather than
one patch per commit? 

>  drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  include/linux/iio/iio.h         |  6 +++++
>  2 files changed, 47 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c b/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
> index 1527f01a44f1..49868e080840 100644
> --- a/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
> +++ b/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
> @@ -643,6 +643,21 @@ ssize_t iio_format_value(char *buf, unsigned int type, int size, int *vals)
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(iio_format_value);
>  
> +static ssize_t iio_read_channel_label(struct device *dev,
> +				     struct device_attribute *attr,
> +				     char *buf)
> +{
> +	struct iio_dev *indio_dev = dev_to_iio_dev(dev);
> +	struct iio_dev_attr *this_attr = to_iio_dev_attr(attr);
> +
> +	if (indio_dev->info->read_label)
> +		return indio_dev->info->read_label(indio_dev,
> +							this_attr->c,
> +							buf);
> +	else
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +}
> +
>  static ssize_t iio_read_channel_info(struct device *dev,
>  				     struct device_attribute *attr,
>  				     char *buf)
> @@ -1111,6 +1126,25 @@ int __iio_add_chan_devattr(const char *postfix,
>  	return ret;
>  }
>  
> +static int iio_device_add_channel_label(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
> +					 struct iio_chan_spec const *chan)
> +{
> +	int ret;
> +
> +	ret = __iio_add_chan_devattr("label",
> +					chan,
> +					&iio_read_channel_label,
> +					NULL,
> +					0,
> +					IIO_SEPARATE,
> +					&indio_dev->dev,
> +					&indio_dev->channel_attr_list);
> +	if (ret < 0)
> +		return ret;
> +
> +	return 1;
> +}
> +
>  static int iio_device_add_info_mask_type(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
>  					 struct iio_chan_spec const *chan,
>  					 enum iio_shared_by shared_by,
> @@ -1241,6 +1275,13 @@ static int iio_device_add_channel_sysfs(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
>  		return ret;
>  	attrcount += ret;
>  
> +	if (indio_dev->info->read_label) {
> +		ret = iio_device_add_channel_label(indio_dev, chan);
> +		if (ret < 0)
> +			return ret;
> +		attrcount += ret;
> +	}
> +
>  	if (chan->ext_info) {
>  		unsigned int i = 0;
>  		for (ext_info = chan->ext_info; ext_info->name; ext_info++) {
> diff --git a/include/linux/iio/iio.h b/include/linux/iio/iio.h
> index a1be82e74c93..58b151f5321d 100644
> --- a/include/linux/iio/iio.h
> +++ b/include/linux/iio/iio.h
> @@ -362,6 +362,8 @@ struct iio_trigger; /* forward declaration */
>   *			and max. For lists, all possible values are enumerated.
>   * @write_raw:		function to write a value to the device.
>   *			Parameters are the same as for read_raw.
> + * @read_label:		function to request label name for a specified label,
> + *			for better channel identification.
>   * @write_raw_get_fmt:	callback function to query the expected
>   *			format/precision. If not set by the driver, write_raw
>   *			returns IIO_VAL_INT_PLUS_MICRO.
> @@ -420,6 +422,10 @@ struct iio_info {
>  			 int val2,
>  			 long mask);
>  
> +	int (*read_label)(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
> +			 struct iio_chan_spec const *chan,
> +			 char *label);
> +
>  	int (*write_raw_get_fmt)(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
>  			 struct iio_chan_spec const *chan,
>  			 long mask);