Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] iio: industrialio-backend: support backend capabilities
From: Tomas Melin
Date: Wed Jan 14 2026 - 02:39:40 EST
Hi,
On 13/01/2026 23:06, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 13, 2026 at 12:12:48PM +0000, Tomas Melin wrote:
>> Not all backends support the full set of capabilities provided by the
>> industrialio-backend framework. Capability bits can be used in frontends
>> and backends for checking for a certain feature set, or if using
>> related functions can be expected to fail.
>>
>> Capability bits should be set by a compatible backend and provided when
>> registering the backend.
>
> ...
>
>> struct iio_backend {
>
>> u8 idx;
>> + u32 caps;
>
> Please, run `pahole` to see if there is a better place for a new member.
> (I bet there is.)
Indeed, there seems to be. Thanks for the suggestion, will update.
>
>> };
>
> ...
>
>> +enum iio_backend_capabilities {
>> + IIO_BACKEND_CAP_TEST_PATTERNS = BIT(0),
>> + IIO_BACKEND_CAP_BUFFERING = BIT(1),
>> + IIO_BACKEND_CAP_CALIBRATION = BIT(2)
>
> Add trailing comma, it will allow to avoid unneeded churn in the future.
Sounds good, was just following existing style.
Thanks,
Tomas
>
>> +};
>
>