From: Lars-Peter Clausen <[email protected]>
Now that we support multiple channels with the same scan index we can no
longer use the scan mask to track which channels have been enabled.
Otherwise it is not possible to enable channels with the same scan index
independently.
Introduce a new channel mask which is used instead of the scan mask to
track which channels are enabled. Whenever the channel mask is changed a
new scan mask is computed based on it.
Signed-off-by: Lars-Peter Clausen <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Alexandru Ardelean <[email protected]>
---
drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c | 62 +++++++++++++++++++++----------
drivers/iio/inkern.c | 19 +++++++++-
include/linux/iio/buffer_impl.h | 3 ++
include/linux/iio/consumer.h | 2 +
4 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c b/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c
index c06691281287..1821a3e32fb3 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c
@@ -216,12 +216,20 @@ int iio_buffer_alloc_scanmask(struct iio_buffer *buffer,
if (buffer->scan_mask == NULL)
return -ENOMEM;
+ buffer->channel_mask = bitmap_zalloc(indio_dev->num_channels,
+ GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (buffer->channel_mask == NULL) {
+ bitmap_free(buffer->scan_mask);
+ return -ENOMEM;
+ }
+
return 0;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(iio_buffer_alloc_scanmask);
void iio_buffer_free_scanmask(struct iio_buffer *buffer)
{
+ bitmap_free(buffer->channel_mask);
bitmap_free(buffer->scan_mask);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(iio_buffer_free_scanmask);
@@ -285,7 +293,7 @@ static ssize_t iio_scan_el_show(struct device *dev,
/* Ensure ret is 0 or 1. */
ret = !!test_bit(to_iio_dev_attr(attr)->address,
- indio_dev->buffer->scan_mask);
+ indio_dev->buffer->channel_mask);
return sprintf(buf, "%d\n", ret);
}
@@ -330,11 +338,12 @@ static bool iio_validate_scan_mask(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
* buffers might request, hence this code only verifies that the
* individual buffers request is plausible.
*/
-static int iio_scan_mask_set(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
- struct iio_buffer *buffer, int bit)
+static int iio_channel_mask_set(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
+ struct iio_buffer *buffer, int bit)
{
const unsigned long *mask;
unsigned long *trialmask;
+ unsigned int ch;
trialmask = bitmap_zalloc(indio_dev->masklength, GFP_KERNEL);
if (trialmask == NULL)
@@ -343,8 +352,11 @@ static int iio_scan_mask_set(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
WARN(1, "Trying to set scanmask prior to registering buffer\n");
goto err_invalid_mask;
}
- bitmap_copy(trialmask, buffer->scan_mask, indio_dev->masklength);
- set_bit(bit, trialmask);
+
+ set_bit(bit, buffer->channel_mask);
+
+ for_each_set_bit(ch, buffer->channel_mask, indio_dev->num_channels)
+ set_bit(indio_dev->channels[ch].scan_index, trialmask);
if (!iio_validate_scan_mask(indio_dev, trialmask))
goto err_invalid_mask;
@@ -363,28 +375,37 @@ static int iio_scan_mask_set(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
return 0;
err_invalid_mask:
+ clear_bit(bit, buffer->channel_mask);
bitmap_free(trialmask);
return -EINVAL;
}
-static int iio_scan_mask_clear(struct iio_buffer *buffer, int bit)
+static int iio_channel_mask_clear(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
+ struct iio_buffer *buffer, int bit)
{
- clear_bit(bit, buffer->scan_mask);
+ unsigned int ch;
+
+ clear_bit(bit, buffer->channel_mask);
+
+ bitmap_clear(buffer->scan_mask, 0, indio_dev->masklength);
+
+ for_each_set_bit(ch, buffer->channel_mask, indio_dev->num_channels)
+ set_bit(indio_dev->channels[ch].scan_index, buffer->scan_mask);
return 0;
}
-static int iio_scan_mask_query(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
- struct iio_buffer *buffer, int bit)
+static int iio_channel_mask_query(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
+ struct iio_buffer *buffer, int bit)
{
- if (bit > indio_dev->masklength)
+ if (bit > indio_dev->num_channels)
return -EINVAL;
- if (!buffer->scan_mask)
+ if (!buffer->channel_mask)
return 0;
/* Ensure return value is 0 or 1. */
- return !!test_bit(bit, buffer->scan_mask);
-};
+ return !!test_bit(bit, buffer->channel_mask);
+}
static ssize_t iio_scan_el_store(struct device *dev,
struct device_attribute *attr,
@@ -405,15 +426,15 @@ static ssize_t iio_scan_el_store(struct device *dev,
ret = -EBUSY;
goto error_ret;
}
- ret = iio_scan_mask_query(indio_dev, buffer, this_attr->address);
+ ret = iio_channel_mask_query(indio_dev, buffer, this_attr->address);
if (ret < 0)
goto error_ret;
if (!state && ret) {
- ret = iio_scan_mask_clear(buffer, this_attr->address);
+ ret = iio_channel_mask_clear(indio_dev, buffer, this_attr->address);
if (ret)
goto error_ret;
} else if (state && !ret) {
- ret = iio_scan_mask_set(indio_dev, buffer, this_attr->address);
+ ret = iio_channel_mask_set(indio_dev, buffer, this_attr->address);
if (ret)
goto error_ret;
}
@@ -459,7 +480,8 @@ static ssize_t iio_scan_el_ts_store(struct device *dev,
}
static int iio_buffer_add_channel_sysfs(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
- const struct iio_chan_spec *chan)
+ const struct iio_chan_spec *chan,
+ unsigned int address)
{
int ret, attrcount = 0;
struct iio_buffer *buffer = indio_dev->buffer;
@@ -491,7 +513,7 @@ static int iio_buffer_add_channel_sysfs(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
chan,
&iio_scan_el_show,
&iio_scan_el_store,
- chan->scan_index,
+ address,
0,
&indio_dev->dev,
&buffer->scan_el_dev_attr_list);
@@ -500,7 +522,7 @@ static int iio_buffer_add_channel_sysfs(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
chan,
&iio_scan_el_ts_show,
&iio_scan_el_ts_store,
- chan->scan_index,
+ address,
0,
&indio_dev->dev,
&buffer->scan_el_dev_attr_list);
@@ -1313,7 +1335,7 @@ int iio_buffer_alloc_sysfs_and_mask(struct iio_dev *indio_dev)
continue;
ret = iio_buffer_add_channel_sysfs(indio_dev,
- &channels[i]);
+ &channels[i], i);
if (ret < 0)
goto error_cleanup_dynamic;
attrcount += ret;
diff --git a/drivers/iio/inkern.c b/drivers/iio/inkern.c
index f35cb9985edc..57cf4b01c403 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/inkern.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/inkern.c
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ static int __of_iio_channel_get(struct iio_channel *channel,
if (index < 0)
goto err_put;
channel->channel = &indio_dev->channels[index];
+ channel->channel_index = index;
return 0;
@@ -861,14 +862,28 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(iio_write_channel_raw);
void iio_buffer_channel_enable(struct iio_buffer *buffer,
const struct iio_channel *chan)
{
- set_bit(chan->channel->scan_index, buffer->scan_mask);
+ unsigned int ch;
+
+ set_bit(chan->channel_index, buffer->channel_mask);
+
+ bitmap_clear(buffer->scan_mask, 0, chan->indio_dev->masklength);
+
+ for_each_set_bit(ch, buffer->channel_mask, chan->indio_dev->num_channels)
+ set_bit(chan->indio_dev->channels[ch].scan_index, buffer->scan_mask);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(iio_buffer_channel_enable);
void iio_buffer_channel_disable(struct iio_buffer *buffer,
const struct iio_channel *chan)
{
- clear_bit(chan->channel->scan_index, buffer->scan_mask);
+ unsigned int ch;
+
+ clear_bit(chan->channel_index, buffer->channel_mask);
+
+ bitmap_clear(buffer->scan_mask, 0, chan->indio_dev->masklength);
+
+ for_each_set_bit(ch, buffer->channel_mask, chan->indio_dev->num_channels)
+ set_bit(chan->indio_dev->channels[ch].scan_index, buffer->scan_mask);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(iio_buffer_channel_disable);
diff --git a/include/linux/iio/buffer_impl.h b/include/linux/iio/buffer_impl.h
index a63dc07b7350..801e6ffa062c 100644
--- a/include/linux/iio/buffer_impl.h
+++ b/include/linux/iio/buffer_impl.h
@@ -84,6 +84,9 @@ struct iio_buffer {
/** @scan_mask: Bitmask used in masking scan mode elements. */
long *scan_mask;
+ /** @channel_mask: Bitmask used in masking scan mode elements (per channel). */
+ long *channel_mask;
+
/** @demux_list: List of operations required to demux the scan. */
struct list_head demux_list;
diff --git a/include/linux/iio/consumer.h b/include/linux/iio/consumer.h
index dbc87c26250a..6efd7091d3dd 100644
--- a/include/linux/iio/consumer.h
+++ b/include/linux/iio/consumer.h
@@ -19,11 +19,13 @@ struct device;
* struct iio_channel - everything needed for a consumer to use a channel
* @indio_dev: Device on which the channel exists.
* @channel: Full description of the channel.
+ * @channel_index: Offset of the channel into the devices channel array.
* @data: Data about the channel used by consumer.
*/
struct iio_channel {
struct iio_dev *indio_dev;
const struct iio_chan_spec *channel;
+ unsigned int channel_index;
void *data;
};
--
2.17.1
> From: [email protected] <[email protected]>
> On Behalf Of Alexandru Ardelean
> Sent: Freitag, 24. April 2020 07:18
> To: [email protected]; [email protected]
> Cc: [email protected]; [email protected]; Ardelean, Alexandru
> <[email protected]>
> Subject: [RFC PATCH 4/4] iio: Track enabled channels on a per channel basis
>
> From: Lars-Peter Clausen <[email protected]>
>
> Now that we support multiple channels with the same scan index we can no
> longer use the scan mask to track which channels have been enabled.
> Otherwise it is not possible to enable channels with the same scan index
> independently.
>
> Introduce a new channel mask which is used instead of the scan mask to
> track which channels are enabled. Whenever the channel mask is changed a
> new scan mask is computed based on it.
>
> Signed-off-by: Lars-Peter Clausen <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Alexandru Ardelean <[email protected]>
> ---
> drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c | 62 +++++++++++++++++++++----------
> drivers/iio/inkern.c | 19 +++++++++-
> include/linux/iio/buffer_impl.h | 3 ++
> include/linux/iio/consumer.h | 2 +
> 4 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c b/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c
> index c06691281287..1821a3e32fb3 100644
> --- a/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c
> +++ b/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c
> @@ -216,12 +216,20 @@ int iio_buffer_alloc_scanmask(struct iio_buffer
> *buffer,
> if (buffer->scan_mask == NULL)
> return -ENOMEM;
>
> + buffer->channel_mask = bitmap_zalloc(indio_dev->num_channels,
> + GFP_KERNEL);
> + if (buffer->channel_mask == NULL) {
> + bitmap_free(buffer->scan_mask);
> + return -ENOMEM;
> + }
> +
> return 0;
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(iio_buffer_alloc_scanmask);
>
> void iio_buffer_free_scanmask(struct iio_buffer *buffer)
> {
> + bitmap_free(buffer->channel_mask);
> bitmap_free(buffer->scan_mask);
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(iio_buffer_free_scanmask);
> @@ -285,7 +293,7 @@ static ssize_t iio_scan_el_show(struct device *dev,
>
> /* Ensure ret is 0 or 1. */
> ret = !!test_bit(to_iio_dev_attr(attr)->address,
> - indio_dev->buffer->scan_mask);
> + indio_dev->buffer->channel_mask);
>
> return sprintf(buf, "%d\n", ret);
> }
> @@ -330,11 +338,12 @@ static bool iio_validate_scan_mask(struct iio_dev
> *indio_dev,
> * buffers might request, hence this code only verifies that the
> * individual buffers request is plausible.
> */
> -static int iio_scan_mask_set(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
> - struct iio_buffer *buffer, int bit)
> +static int iio_channel_mask_set(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
> + struct iio_buffer *buffer, int bit)
> {
> const unsigned long *mask;
> unsigned long *trialmask;
> + unsigned int ch;
>
> trialmask = bitmap_zalloc(indio_dev->masklength, GFP_KERNEL);
> if (trialmask == NULL)
> @@ -343,8 +352,11 @@ static int iio_scan_mask_set(struct iio_dev
> *indio_dev,
> WARN(1, "Trying to set scanmask prior to registering
> buffer\n");
> goto err_invalid_mask;
> }
> - bitmap_copy(trialmask, buffer->scan_mask, indio_dev-
> >masklength);
> - set_bit(bit, trialmask);
> +
> + set_bit(bit, buffer->channel_mask);
> +
> + for_each_set_bit(ch, buffer->channel_mask, indio_dev-
> >num_channels)
> + set_bit(indio_dev->channels[ch].scan_index, trialmask);
So, here if the channels all have the same scan_index, we will end up with a scan_mask which is
different that channel_mask, right? I saw that in our internal driver's we then just access the
channel_mask field directly to know what pieces/channels do we need to enable prior to
buffering, which implies including buffer_impl.h.
So, for me it would make sense to compute scan_mask so that it will be the same as channel_mask
(hmm but that would be a problem when computing the buffer size...) and drivers can correctly use
` validate_scan_mask ()` cb. Alternatively, we need to expose channel_mask either on a new cb or
change the ` validate_scan_mask ()` footprint.
- Nuno S?
On Fri, 24 Apr 2020 08:18:18 +0300
Alexandru Ardelean <[email protected]> wrote:
> From: Lars-Peter Clausen <[email protected]>
>
> Now that we support multiple channels with the same scan index we can no
> longer use the scan mask to track which channels have been enabled.
> Otherwise it is not possible to enable channels with the same scan index
> independently.
>
> Introduce a new channel mask which is used instead of the scan mask to
> track which channels are enabled. Whenever the channel mask is changed a
> new scan mask is computed based on it.
>
> Signed-off-by: Lars-Peter Clausen <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Alexandru Ardelean <[email protected]>
Hmm. This does seem to handle the demux so that concern is addressed.
Perhaps merge this with previous patch or reorder them. The sanity check
should only be removed once it's is safe to do so.
This comes in the category of 'clever' but I'm worried it makes the
interface rather less obvious. Definitely want a lot of inputs from
others on this.
At first glance I rather like it as it solves some of the special cases
we had last time we looked a single bit channels.
Note I'm still far from sold on metadata unless it maps to a 'real' channel
in some sense. It's really hard to define ABI around the sort of meta
data these devices tend to hide in those unused bits.
Jonathan
> ---
> drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c | 62 +++++++++++++++++++++----------
> drivers/iio/inkern.c | 19 +++++++++-
> include/linux/iio/buffer_impl.h | 3 ++
> include/linux/iio/consumer.h | 2 +
> 4 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c b/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c
> index c06691281287..1821a3e32fb3 100644
> --- a/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c
> +++ b/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c
> @@ -216,12 +216,20 @@ int iio_buffer_alloc_scanmask(struct iio_buffer *buffer,
> if (buffer->scan_mask == NULL)
> return -ENOMEM;
>
> + buffer->channel_mask = bitmap_zalloc(indio_dev->num_channels,
> + GFP_KERNEL);
> + if (buffer->channel_mask == NULL) {
> + bitmap_free(buffer->scan_mask);
> + return -ENOMEM;
> + }
> +
> return 0;
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(iio_buffer_alloc_scanmask);
>
> void iio_buffer_free_scanmask(struct iio_buffer *buffer)
> {
> + bitmap_free(buffer->channel_mask);
> bitmap_free(buffer->scan_mask);
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(iio_buffer_free_scanmask);
> @@ -285,7 +293,7 @@ static ssize_t iio_scan_el_show(struct device *dev,
>
> /* Ensure ret is 0 or 1. */
> ret = !!test_bit(to_iio_dev_attr(attr)->address,
> - indio_dev->buffer->scan_mask);
> + indio_dev->buffer->channel_mask);
>
> return sprintf(buf, "%d\n", ret);
> }
> @@ -330,11 +338,12 @@ static bool iio_validate_scan_mask(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
> * buffers might request, hence this code only verifies that the
> * individual buffers request is plausible.
> */
> -static int iio_scan_mask_set(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
> - struct iio_buffer *buffer, int bit)
> +static int iio_channel_mask_set(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
> + struct iio_buffer *buffer, int bit)
> {
> const unsigned long *mask;
> unsigned long *trialmask;
> + unsigned int ch;
>
> trialmask = bitmap_zalloc(indio_dev->masklength, GFP_KERNEL);
> if (trialmask == NULL)
> @@ -343,8 +352,11 @@ static int iio_scan_mask_set(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
> WARN(1, "Trying to set scanmask prior to registering buffer\n");
> goto err_invalid_mask;
> }
> - bitmap_copy(trialmask, buffer->scan_mask, indio_dev->masklength);
> - set_bit(bit, trialmask);
> +
> + set_bit(bit, buffer->channel_mask);
> +
> + for_each_set_bit(ch, buffer->channel_mask, indio_dev->num_channels)
> + set_bit(indio_dev->channels[ch].scan_index, trialmask);
>
> if (!iio_validate_scan_mask(indio_dev, trialmask))
> goto err_invalid_mask;
> @@ -363,28 +375,37 @@ static int iio_scan_mask_set(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
> return 0;
>
> err_invalid_mask:
> + clear_bit(bit, buffer->channel_mask);
> bitmap_free(trialmask);
> return -EINVAL;
> }
>
> -static int iio_scan_mask_clear(struct iio_buffer *buffer, int bit)
> +static int iio_channel_mask_clear(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
> + struct iio_buffer *buffer, int bit)
> {
> - clear_bit(bit, buffer->scan_mask);
> + unsigned int ch;
> +
> + clear_bit(bit, buffer->channel_mask);
> +
> + bitmap_clear(buffer->scan_mask, 0, indio_dev->masklength);
> +
> + for_each_set_bit(ch, buffer->channel_mask, indio_dev->num_channels)
> + set_bit(indio_dev->channels[ch].scan_index, buffer->scan_mask);
> return 0;
> }
>
> -static int iio_scan_mask_query(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
> - struct iio_buffer *buffer, int bit)
> +static int iio_channel_mask_query(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
> + struct iio_buffer *buffer, int bit)
> {
> - if (bit > indio_dev->masklength)
> + if (bit > indio_dev->num_channels)
> return -EINVAL;
>
> - if (!buffer->scan_mask)
> + if (!buffer->channel_mask)
> return 0;
>
> /* Ensure return value is 0 or 1. */
> - return !!test_bit(bit, buffer->scan_mask);
> -};
> + return !!test_bit(bit, buffer->channel_mask);
> +}
>
> static ssize_t iio_scan_el_store(struct device *dev,
> struct device_attribute *attr,
> @@ -405,15 +426,15 @@ static ssize_t iio_scan_el_store(struct device *dev,
> ret = -EBUSY;
> goto error_ret;
> }
> - ret = iio_scan_mask_query(indio_dev, buffer, this_attr->address);
> + ret = iio_channel_mask_query(indio_dev, buffer, this_attr->address);
> if (ret < 0)
> goto error_ret;
> if (!state && ret) {
> - ret = iio_scan_mask_clear(buffer, this_attr->address);
> + ret = iio_channel_mask_clear(indio_dev, buffer, this_attr->address);
> if (ret)
> goto error_ret;
> } else if (state && !ret) {
> - ret = iio_scan_mask_set(indio_dev, buffer, this_attr->address);
> + ret = iio_channel_mask_set(indio_dev, buffer, this_attr->address);
> if (ret)
> goto error_ret;
> }
> @@ -459,7 +480,8 @@ static ssize_t iio_scan_el_ts_store(struct device *dev,
> }
>
> static int iio_buffer_add_channel_sysfs(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
> - const struct iio_chan_spec *chan)
> + const struct iio_chan_spec *chan,
> + unsigned int address)
> {
> int ret, attrcount = 0;
> struct iio_buffer *buffer = indio_dev->buffer;
> @@ -491,7 +513,7 @@ static int iio_buffer_add_channel_sysfs(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
> chan,
> &iio_scan_el_show,
> &iio_scan_el_store,
> - chan->scan_index,
> + address,
> 0,
> &indio_dev->dev,
> &buffer->scan_el_dev_attr_list);
> @@ -500,7 +522,7 @@ static int iio_buffer_add_channel_sysfs(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
> chan,
> &iio_scan_el_ts_show,
> &iio_scan_el_ts_store,
> - chan->scan_index,
> + address,
> 0,
> &indio_dev->dev,
> &buffer->scan_el_dev_attr_list);
> @@ -1313,7 +1335,7 @@ int iio_buffer_alloc_sysfs_and_mask(struct iio_dev *indio_dev)
> continue;
>
> ret = iio_buffer_add_channel_sysfs(indio_dev,
> - &channels[i]);
> + &channels[i], i);
> if (ret < 0)
> goto error_cleanup_dynamic;
> attrcount += ret;
> diff --git a/drivers/iio/inkern.c b/drivers/iio/inkern.c
> index f35cb9985edc..57cf4b01c403 100644
> --- a/drivers/iio/inkern.c
> +++ b/drivers/iio/inkern.c
> @@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ static int __of_iio_channel_get(struct iio_channel *channel,
> if (index < 0)
> goto err_put;
> channel->channel = &indio_dev->channels[index];
> + channel->channel_index = index;
>
> return 0;
>
> @@ -861,14 +862,28 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(iio_write_channel_raw);
> void iio_buffer_channel_enable(struct iio_buffer *buffer,
> const struct iio_channel *chan)
> {
> - set_bit(chan->channel->scan_index, buffer->scan_mask);
> + unsigned int ch;
> +
> + set_bit(chan->channel_index, buffer->channel_mask);
> +
This seems overkill. Can enabling a channel ever result in a bitmap
that doesn't contain all the bits that were previously set.
Feels like we should be able to just set the one matching the channel
we added to the channel_mask.
I guess the advantage of this is it clearly matches with the disable below
where we do have to walk the channel mask to find out if we have any
overlapping bits.
> + bitmap_clear(buffer->scan_mask, 0, chan->indio_dev->masklength);
> +
> + for_each_set_bit(ch, buffer->channel_mask, chan->indio_dev->num_channels)
> + set_bit(chan->indio_dev->channels[ch].scan_index, buffer->scan_mask);
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(iio_buffer_channel_enable);
>
> void iio_buffer_channel_disable(struct iio_buffer *buffer,
> const struct iio_channel *chan)
> {
> - clear_bit(chan->channel->scan_index, buffer->scan_mask);
> + unsigned int ch;
> +
> + clear_bit(chan->channel_index, buffer->channel_mask);
> +
> + bitmap_clear(buffer->scan_mask, 0, chan->indio_dev->masklength);
> +
> + for_each_set_bit(ch, buffer->channel_mask, chan->indio_dev->num_channels)
> + set_bit(chan->indio_dev->channels[ch].scan_index, buffer->scan_mask);
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(iio_buffer_channel_disable);
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/iio/buffer_impl.h b/include/linux/iio/buffer_impl.h
> index a63dc07b7350..801e6ffa062c 100644
> --- a/include/linux/iio/buffer_impl.h
> +++ b/include/linux/iio/buffer_impl.h
> @@ -84,6 +84,9 @@ struct iio_buffer {
> /** @scan_mask: Bitmask used in masking scan mode elements. */
> long *scan_mask;
>
> + /** @channel_mask: Bitmask used in masking scan mode elements (per channel). */
> + long *channel_mask;
> +
> /** @demux_list: List of operations required to demux the scan. */
> struct list_head demux_list;
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/iio/consumer.h b/include/linux/iio/consumer.h
> index dbc87c26250a..6efd7091d3dd 100644
> --- a/include/linux/iio/consumer.h
> +++ b/include/linux/iio/consumer.h
> @@ -19,11 +19,13 @@ struct device;
> * struct iio_channel - everything needed for a consumer to use a channel
> * @indio_dev: Device on which the channel exists.
> * @channel: Full description of the channel.
> + * @channel_index: Offset of the channel into the devices channel array.
> * @data: Data about the channel used by consumer.
> */
> struct iio_channel {
> struct iio_dev *indio_dev;
> const struct iio_chan_spec *channel;
> + unsigned int channel_index;
> void *data;
> };
>
On Fri, 24 Apr 2020 07:51:05 +0000
"Sa, Nuno" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > From: [email protected] <[email protected]>
> > On Behalf Of Alexandru Ardelean
> > Sent: Freitag, 24. April 2020 07:18
> > To: [email protected]; [email protected]
> > Cc: [email protected]; [email protected]; Ardelean, Alexandru
> > <[email protected]>
> > Subject: [RFC PATCH 4/4] iio: Track enabled channels on a per channel basis
> >
> > From: Lars-Peter Clausen <[email protected]>
> >
> > Now that we support multiple channels with the same scan index we can no
> > longer use the scan mask to track which channels have been enabled.
> > Otherwise it is not possible to enable channels with the same scan index
> > independently.
> >
> > Introduce a new channel mask which is used instead of the scan mask to
> > track which channels are enabled. Whenever the channel mask is changed a
> > new scan mask is computed based on it.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Lars-Peter Clausen <[email protected]>
> > Signed-off-by: Alexandru Ardelean <[email protected]>
> > ---
> > drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c | 62 +++++++++++++++++++++----------
> > drivers/iio/inkern.c | 19 +++++++++-
> > include/linux/iio/buffer_impl.h | 3 ++
> > include/linux/iio/consumer.h | 2 +
> > 4 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c b/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c
> > index c06691281287..1821a3e32fb3 100644
> > --- a/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c
> > +++ b/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c
> > @@ -216,12 +216,20 @@ int iio_buffer_alloc_scanmask(struct iio_buffer
> > *buffer,
> > if (buffer->scan_mask == NULL)
> > return -ENOMEM;
> >
> > + buffer->channel_mask = bitmap_zalloc(indio_dev->num_channels,
> > + GFP_KERNEL);
> > + if (buffer->channel_mask == NULL) {
> > + bitmap_free(buffer->scan_mask);
> > + return -ENOMEM;
> > + }
> > +
> > return 0;
> > }
> > EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(iio_buffer_alloc_scanmask);
> >
> > void iio_buffer_free_scanmask(struct iio_buffer *buffer)
> > {
> > + bitmap_free(buffer->channel_mask);
> > bitmap_free(buffer->scan_mask);
> > }
> > EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(iio_buffer_free_scanmask);
> > @@ -285,7 +293,7 @@ static ssize_t iio_scan_el_show(struct device *dev,
> >
> > /* Ensure ret is 0 or 1. */
> > ret = !!test_bit(to_iio_dev_attr(attr)->address,
> > - indio_dev->buffer->scan_mask);
> > + indio_dev->buffer->channel_mask);
> >
> > return sprintf(buf, "%d\n", ret);
> > }
> > @@ -330,11 +338,12 @@ static bool iio_validate_scan_mask(struct iio_dev
> > *indio_dev,
> > * buffers might request, hence this code only verifies that the
> > * individual buffers request is plausible.
> > */
> > -static int iio_scan_mask_set(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
> > - struct iio_buffer *buffer, int bit)
> > +static int iio_channel_mask_set(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
> > + struct iio_buffer *buffer, int bit)
> > {
> > const unsigned long *mask;
> > unsigned long *trialmask;
> > + unsigned int ch;
> >
> > trialmask = bitmap_zalloc(indio_dev->masklength, GFP_KERNEL);
> > if (trialmask == NULL)
> > @@ -343,8 +352,11 @@ static int iio_scan_mask_set(struct iio_dev
> > *indio_dev,
> > WARN(1, "Trying to set scanmask prior to registering
> > buffer\n");
> > goto err_invalid_mask;
> > }
> > - bitmap_copy(trialmask, buffer->scan_mask, indio_dev-
> > >masklength);
> > - set_bit(bit, trialmask);
> > +
> > + set_bit(bit, buffer->channel_mask);
> > +
> > + for_each_set_bit(ch, buffer->channel_mask, indio_dev-
> > >num_channels)
> > + set_bit(indio_dev->channels[ch].scan_index, trialmask);
>
> So, here if the channels all have the same scan_index, we will end up with a scan_mask which is
> different that channel_mask, right? I saw that in our internal driver's we then just access the
> channel_mask field directly to know what pieces/channels do we need to enable prior to
> buffering, which implies including buffer_impl.h.
Given that we handle the demux only at the level of scan elements that won't work in general
(even if it wasn't a horrible layering issue).
>
> So, for me it would make sense to compute scan_mask so that it will be the same as channel_mask
> (hmm but that would be a problem when computing the buffer size...) and drivers can correctly use
> ` validate_scan_mask ()` cb. Alternatively, we need to expose channel_mask either on a new cb or
> change the ` validate_scan_mask ()` footprint.
Excellent points. We need to address support for:
1) available_scan_mask - if we have complicated rules on mixtures of channels inside
a given buffer element.
2) channel enabling though I'm sort of inclined to say that if you are using this approach
you only get information on channels that make up a scan mask element. Tough luck you
may end up enabling more than you'd like.
It might be possible to make switch to using a channel mask but given the channel index is
implicit that is going to be at least a little bit nasty.
How much does it hurt to not have the ability to separately control channels within
a given buffer element? Userspace can enable / disable them but reality is you'll
get data for all the channels in a buffer element if any of them are enabled.
Given the demux will copy the whole element anyway (don't want to waste time doing
masking inside an element), userspace might get these extra channels anyway if another
consumer has enabled them.
Jonathan
>
> - Nuno Sá
> From: [email protected] <[email protected]>
> On Behalf Of Jonathan Cameron
> Sent: Sonntag, 26. April 2020 12:51
> To: Sa, Nuno <[email protected]>
> Cc: Ardelean, Alexandru <[email protected]>; linux-
> [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 4/4] iio: Track enabled channels on a per channel
> basis
>
> On Fri, 24 Apr 2020 07:51:05 +0000
> "Sa, Nuno" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > From: [email protected] <linux-iio-
> [email protected]>
> > > On Behalf Of Alexandru Ardelean
> > > Sent: Freitag, 24. April 2020 07:18
> > > To: [email protected]; [email protected]
> > > Cc: [email protected]; [email protected]; Ardelean, Alexandru
> > > <[email protected]>
> > > Subject: [RFC PATCH 4/4] iio: Track enabled channels on a per channel
> basis
> > >
> > > From: Lars-Peter Clausen <[email protected]>
> > >
> > > Now that we support multiple channels with the same scan index we can
> no
> > > longer use the scan mask to track which channels have been enabled.
> > > Otherwise it is not possible to enable channels with the same scan index
> > > independently.
> > >
> > > Introduce a new channel mask which is used instead of the scan mask to
> > > track which channels are enabled. Whenever the channel mask is
> changed a
> > > new scan mask is computed based on it.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Lars-Peter Clausen <[email protected]>
> > > Signed-off-by: Alexandru Ardelean <[email protected]>
> > > ---
> > > drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c | 62 +++++++++++++++++++++----------
> > > drivers/iio/inkern.c | 19 +++++++++-
> > > include/linux/iio/buffer_impl.h | 3 ++
> > > include/linux/iio/consumer.h | 2 +
> > > 4 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c b/drivers/iio/industrialio-
> buffer.c
> > > index c06691281287..1821a3e32fb3 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c
> > > @@ -216,12 +216,20 @@ int iio_buffer_alloc_scanmask(struct iio_buffer
> > > *buffer,
> > > if (buffer->scan_mask == NULL)
> > > return -ENOMEM;
> > >
> > > + buffer->channel_mask = bitmap_zalloc(indio_dev->num_channels,
> > > + GFP_KERNEL);
> > > + if (buffer->channel_mask == NULL) {
> > > + bitmap_free(buffer->scan_mask);
> > > + return -ENOMEM;
> > > + }
> > > +
> > > return 0;
> > > }
> > > EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(iio_buffer_alloc_scanmask);
> > >
> > > void iio_buffer_free_scanmask(struct iio_buffer *buffer)
> > > {
> > > + bitmap_free(buffer->channel_mask);
> > > bitmap_free(buffer->scan_mask);
> > > }
> > > EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(iio_buffer_free_scanmask);
> > > @@ -285,7 +293,7 @@ static ssize_t iio_scan_el_show(struct device
> *dev,
> > >
> > > /* Ensure ret is 0 or 1. */
> > > ret = !!test_bit(to_iio_dev_attr(attr)->address,
> > > - indio_dev->buffer->scan_mask);
> > > + indio_dev->buffer->channel_mask);
> > >
> > > return sprintf(buf, "%d\n", ret);
> > > }
> > > @@ -330,11 +338,12 @@ static bool iio_validate_scan_mask(struct
> iio_dev
> > > *indio_dev,
> > > * buffers might request, hence this code only verifies that the
> > > * individual buffers request is plausible.
> > > */
> > > -static int iio_scan_mask_set(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
> > > - struct iio_buffer *buffer, int bit)
> > > +static int iio_channel_mask_set(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
> > > + struct iio_buffer *buffer, int bit)
> > > {
> > > const unsigned long *mask;
> > > unsigned long *trialmask;
> > > + unsigned int ch;
> > >
> > > trialmask = bitmap_zalloc(indio_dev->masklength, GFP_KERNEL);
> > > if (trialmask == NULL)
> > > @@ -343,8 +352,11 @@ static int iio_scan_mask_set(struct iio_dev
> > > *indio_dev,
> > > WARN(1, "Trying to set scanmask prior to registering
> > > buffer\n");
> > > goto err_invalid_mask;
> > > }
> > > - bitmap_copy(trialmask, buffer->scan_mask, indio_dev-
> > > >masklength);
> > > - set_bit(bit, trialmask);
> > > +
> > > + set_bit(bit, buffer->channel_mask);
> > > +
> > > + for_each_set_bit(ch, buffer->channel_mask, indio_dev-
> > > >num_channels)
> > > + set_bit(indio_dev->channels[ch].scan_index, trialmask);
> >
> > So, here if the channels all have the same scan_index, we will end up with a
> scan_mask which is
> > different that channel_mask, right? I saw that in our internal driver's we
> then just access the
> > channel_mask field directly to know what pieces/channels do we need to
> enable prior to
> > buffering, which implies including buffer_impl.h.
> Given that we handle the demux only at the level of scan elements that
> won't work in general
> (even if it wasn't a horrible layering issue).
Yes, and the driver just adds 16 channels and points all of them to scan_index 0. It then
sets real_bits and the shift so that userspace can get the right channel bit. So, in the end
we have just one buffer/scan element with 16bits. My problem here is more architectural...
We should not directly include "buffer_impl.h" in drivers...
> >
> > So, for me it would make sense to compute scan_mask so that it will be the
> same as channel_mask
> > (hmm but that would be a problem when computing the buffer size...) and
> drivers can correctly use
> > ` validate_scan_mask ()` cb. Alternatively, we need to expose
> channel_mask either on a new cb or
> > change the ` validate_scan_mask ()` footprint.
>
> Excellent points. We need to address support for:
>
> 1) available_scan_mask - if we have complicated rules on mixtures of
> channels inside
> a given buffer element.
Maybe one solution to expose channel mask is to check if channel_mask != scan_mask
before calling the ` validate_scan_mask()`. If it is, we pass channel_mask to the callback.
Driver's should then know what to do with it...
> 2) channel enabling though I'm sort of inclined to say that if you are using this
> approach
> you only get information on channels that make up a scan mask element.
> Tough luck you
> may end up enabling more than you'd like.
Not sure if I'm fully understanding this point. I believe with this approach channel
enablement works as before since the core is kind of mapping channel_mask to
scan_mask. So if we have 16 channels using only 1 scan_element we can still
enable/disable all 16 channels.
In the end, if we have a traditional driver with one channel per scan_index, channel_mask
should be equal to scan_mask. As we start to have more than one channel pointing to the
same scan_index, these masks will be different.
> It might be possible to make switch to using a channel mask but given the
> channel index is
> implicit that is going to be at least a little bit nasty.
>
> How much does it hurt to not have the ability to separately control channels
> within
> a given buffer element? Userspace can enable / disable them but reality is
> you'll
As long as we are "ok" with the extra amount of allocated memory, I think it would work.
Though drivers will have to replicate the same data trough all the enabled scan elements...
- Nuno Sá
> get data for all the channels in a buffer element if any of them are enabled.
>
> Given the demux will copy the whole element anyway (don't want to waste
> time doing
> masking inside an element), userspace might get these extra channels
> anyway if another
> consumer has enabled them.
>
> Jonathan
>
>
> >
> > - Nuno Sá
On Mon, 27 Apr 2020 12:09:18 +0000
"Sa, Nuno" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > From: [email protected] <[email protected]>
> > On Behalf Of Jonathan Cameron
> > Sent: Sonntag, 26. April 2020 12:51
> > To: Sa, Nuno <[email protected]>
> > Cc: Ardelean, Alexandru <[email protected]>; linux-
> > [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]
> > Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 4/4] iio: Track enabled channels on a per channel
> > basis
> >
> > On Fri, 24 Apr 2020 07:51:05 +0000
> > "Sa, Nuno" <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > > From: [email protected] <linux-iio-
> > [email protected]>
> > > > On Behalf Of Alexandru Ardelean
> > > > Sent: Freitag, 24. April 2020 07:18
> > > > To: [email protected]; [email protected]
> > > > Cc: [email protected]; [email protected]; Ardelean, Alexandru
> > > > <[email protected]>
> > > > Subject: [RFC PATCH 4/4] iio: Track enabled channels on a per channel
> > basis
> > > >
> > > > From: Lars-Peter Clausen <[email protected]>
> > > >
> > > > Now that we support multiple channels with the same scan index we can
> > no
> > > > longer use the scan mask to track which channels have been enabled.
> > > > Otherwise it is not possible to enable channels with the same scan index
> > > > independently.
> > > >
> > > > Introduce a new channel mask which is used instead of the scan mask to
> > > > track which channels are enabled. Whenever the channel mask is
> > changed a
> > > > new scan mask is computed based on it.
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Lars-Peter Clausen <[email protected]>
> > > > Signed-off-by: Alexandru Ardelean <[email protected]>
> > > > ---
> > > > drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c | 62 +++++++++++++++++++++----------
> > > > drivers/iio/inkern.c | 19 +++++++++-
> > > > include/linux/iio/buffer_impl.h | 3 ++
> > > > include/linux/iio/consumer.h | 2 +
> > > > 4 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c b/drivers/iio/industrialio-
> > buffer.c
> > > > index c06691281287..1821a3e32fb3 100644
> > > > --- a/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c
> > > > +++ b/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c
> > > > @@ -216,12 +216,20 @@ int iio_buffer_alloc_scanmask(struct iio_buffer
> > > > *buffer,
> > > > if (buffer->scan_mask == NULL)
> > > > return -ENOMEM;
> > > >
> > > > + buffer->channel_mask = bitmap_zalloc(indio_dev->num_channels,
> > > > + GFP_KERNEL);
> > > > + if (buffer->channel_mask == NULL) {
> > > > + bitmap_free(buffer->scan_mask);
> > > > + return -ENOMEM;
> > > > + }
> > > > +
> > > > return 0;
> > > > }
> > > > EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(iio_buffer_alloc_scanmask);
> > > >
> > > > void iio_buffer_free_scanmask(struct iio_buffer *buffer)
> > > > {
> > > > + bitmap_free(buffer->channel_mask);
> > > > bitmap_free(buffer->scan_mask);
> > > > }
> > > > EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(iio_buffer_free_scanmask);
> > > > @@ -285,7 +293,7 @@ static ssize_t iio_scan_el_show(struct device
> > *dev,
> > > >
> > > > /* Ensure ret is 0 or 1. */
> > > > ret = !!test_bit(to_iio_dev_attr(attr)->address,
> > > > - indio_dev->buffer->scan_mask);
> > > > + indio_dev->buffer->channel_mask);
> > > >
> > > > return sprintf(buf, "%d\n", ret);
> > > > }
> > > > @@ -330,11 +338,12 @@ static bool iio_validate_scan_mask(struct
> > iio_dev
> > > > *indio_dev,
> > > > * buffers might request, hence this code only verifies that the
> > > > * individual buffers request is plausible.
> > > > */
> > > > -static int iio_scan_mask_set(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
> > > > - struct iio_buffer *buffer, int bit)
> > > > +static int iio_channel_mask_set(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
> > > > + struct iio_buffer *buffer, int bit)
> > > > {
> > > > const unsigned long *mask;
> > > > unsigned long *trialmask;
> > > > + unsigned int ch;
> > > >
> > > > trialmask = bitmap_zalloc(indio_dev->masklength, GFP_KERNEL);
> > > > if (trialmask == NULL)
> > > > @@ -343,8 +352,11 @@ static int iio_scan_mask_set(struct iio_dev
> > > > *indio_dev,
> > > > WARN(1, "Trying to set scanmask prior to registering
> > > > buffer\n");
> > > > goto err_invalid_mask;
> > > > }
> > > > - bitmap_copy(trialmask, buffer->scan_mask, indio_dev-
> > > > >masklength);
> > > > - set_bit(bit, trialmask);
> > > > +
> > > > + set_bit(bit, buffer->channel_mask);
> > > > +
> > > > + for_each_set_bit(ch, buffer->channel_mask, indio_dev-
> > > > >num_channels)
> > > > + set_bit(indio_dev->channels[ch].scan_index, trialmask);
> > >
> > > So, here if the channels all have the same scan_index, we will end up with a
> > scan_mask which is
> > > different that channel_mask, right? I saw that in our internal driver's we
> > then just access the
> > > channel_mask field directly to know what pieces/channels do we need to
> > enable prior to
> > > buffering, which implies including buffer_impl.h.
> > Given that we handle the demux only at the level of scan elements that
> > won't work in general
> > (even if it wasn't a horrible layering issue).
>
> Yes, and the driver just adds 16 channels and points all of them to scan_index 0. It then
> sets real_bits and the shift so that userspace can get the right channel bit. So, in the end
> we have just one buffer/scan element with 16bits. My problem here is more architectural...
> We should not directly include "buffer_impl.h" in drivers...
>
> > >
> > > So, for me it would make sense to compute scan_mask so that it will be the
> > same as channel_mask
> > > (hmm but that would be a problem when computing the buffer size...) and
> > drivers can correctly use
> > > ` validate_scan_mask ()` cb. Alternatively, we need to expose
> > channel_mask either on a new cb or
> > > change the ` validate_scan_mask ()` footprint.
> >
> > Excellent points. We need to address support for:
> >
> > 1) available_scan_mask - if we have complicated rules on mixtures of
> > channels inside
> > a given buffer element.
>
> Maybe one solution to expose channel mask is to check if channel_mask != scan_mask
> before calling the ` validate_scan_mask()`. If it is, we pass channel_mask to the callback.
> Driver's should then know what to do with it...
That's liable to be flakey as there is no requirement for the scan_mask to
be ordered or indeed not have holes.
>
> > 2) channel enabling though I'm sort of inclined to say that if you are using this
> > approach
> > you only get information on channels that make up a scan mask element.
> > Tough luck you
> > may end up enabling more than you'd like.
>
> Not sure if I'm fully understanding this point. I believe with this approach channel
> enablement works as before since the core is kind of mapping channel_mask to
> scan_mask. So if we have 16 channels using only 1 scan_element we can still
> enable/disable all 16 channels.
Its more subtle than that. Because of the mux, a number of different channels can
be enabled by different consumers, but all that is exposed to the driver is
the resulting fused scan_mask across all consumers. It has no idea what channels
have been enabled if they lie within a scan_mask element.
Hence, whilst there can be individual channel enable and disable attributes
they driver only seems enable and disable of scan mask elements. That means
it needs to turn on ALL of the channels within one scan mask element.
To do anything more complex requires us to carry all the following to the demux
calculator
1) scan_mask
2) channel_mask
3) mapping from channel mask to scan mask
It could be done, but it's potentially nasty. Even then we don't want to
get into breaking out particular elements within a scan mask element so we'd
end up providing all enabled channels (within each scan mask element)
to the all consumers who are after any of them.
We'd also have to expose the fused channel mask as well as scan mask
to the driver which is not exactly elegant.
That's why I'd suggest initial work uses scan mask as the fundamental
unit of enable / disable, not the channel mask.
Nothing stops then improving that later to deal with the channel mask
fusion needed to work out the enables, but it's not something I'd do
for step 1.
>
> In the end, if we have a traditional driver with one channel per scan_index, channel_mask
> should be equal to scan_mask. As we start to have more than one channel pointing to the
> same scan_index, these masks will be different.
>
> > It might be possible to make switch to using a channel mask but given the
> > channel index is
> > implicit that is going to be at least a little bit nasty.
> >
> > How much does it hurt to not have the ability to separately control channels
> > within
> > a given buffer element? Userspace can enable / disable them but reality is
> > you'll
>
> As long as we are "ok" with the extra amount of allocated memory, I think it would work.
> Though drivers will have to replicate the same data trough all the enabled scan elements...
Hmm. I think we are talking about different things. Let me give an example.
8 channels in scan mask element 0 size 8 bits, 8 channels in scan mask element 1
Enable a channel in scan mask element 0 on consumer 0, and a
different one on consumer 1. If they were in different scan mask elements
we'd deliver the first element only to consumer 0 and the second element
only to consumer 1 (that's what the demux does for us)
Here, in what I would suggest for the initial implementation, channel mask
is not exposed at all to buffer setup op (update_scan_mask) - so we
don't know which channels in that scan mask element are needed.
Only answer, turn all 8 on.
In this case we would deliver one 8 bit buffer element to each of the consumers
but it would include the values for all 8 channels (but none from the 8 channels
in our second scan mask element).
This keeps the channel mask logic (for now) separate from the demux
and the buffered capture setup logic, but at the cost of sampling channels
no one cares about. Note we often do that anyway as a lot of hardware does
not have per channel enables, or is more efficient if we grab all the channels
in a single transaction.
Jonathan
>
> - Nuno Sá
>
> > get data for all the channels in a buffer element if any of them are enabled.
> >
> > Given the demux will copy the whole element anyway (don't want to waste
> > time doing
> > masking inside an element), userspace might get these extra channels
> > anyway if another
> > consumer has enabled them.
> >
> > Jonathan
> >
> >
> > >
> > > - Nuno Sá
>
> From: Jonathan Cameron <[email protected]>
> Sent: Samstag, 2. Mai 2020 19:19
> To: Sa, Nuno <[email protected]>
> Cc: Ardelean, Alexandru <[email protected]>; linux-
> [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 4/4] iio: Track enabled channels on a per channel
> basis
>
> [External]
>
> On Mon, 27 Apr 2020 12:09:18 +0000
> "Sa, Nuno" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > From: [email protected] <linux-iio-
> [email protected]>
> > > On Behalf Of Jonathan Cameron
> > > Sent: Sonntag, 26. April 2020 12:51
> > > To: Sa, Nuno <[email protected]>
> > > Cc: Ardelean, Alexandru <[email protected]>; linux-
> > > [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]
> > > Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 4/4] iio: Track enabled channels on a per channel
> > > basis
> > >
> > > On Fri, 24 Apr 2020 07:51:05 +0000
> > > "Sa, Nuno" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >
> > > > > From: [email protected] <linux-iio-
> > > [email protected]>
> > > > > On Behalf Of Alexandru Ardelean
> > > > > Sent: Freitag, 24. April 2020 07:18
> > > > > To: [email protected]; [email protected]
> > > > > Cc: [email protected]; [email protected]; Ardelean, Alexandru
> > > > > <[email protected]>
> > > > > Subject: [RFC PATCH 4/4] iio: Track enabled channels on a per channel
> > > basis
> > > > >
> > > > > From: Lars-Peter Clausen <[email protected]>
> > > > >
> > > > > Now that we support multiple channels with the same scan index we
> can
> > > no
> > > > > longer use the scan mask to track which channels have been enabled.
> > > > > Otherwise it is not possible to enable channels with the same scan
> index
> > > > > independently.
> > > > >
> > > > > Introduce a new channel mask which is used instead of the scan mask
> to
> > > > > track which channels are enabled. Whenever the channel mask is
> > > changed a
> > > > > new scan mask is computed based on it.
> > > > >
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Lars-Peter Clausen <[email protected]>
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Alexandru Ardelean
> <[email protected]>
> > > > > ---
> > > > > drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c | 62 +++++++++++++++++++++-------
> ---
> > > > > drivers/iio/inkern.c | 19 +++++++++-
> > > > > include/linux/iio/buffer_impl.h | 3 ++
> > > > > include/linux/iio/consumer.h | 2 +
> > > > > 4 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)
> > > > >
> > > > > diff --git a/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c b/drivers/iio/industrialio-
> > > buffer.c
> > > > > index c06691281287..1821a3e32fb3 100644
> > > > > --- a/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c
> > > > > +++ b/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c
> > > > > @@ -216,12 +216,20 @@ int iio_buffer_alloc_scanmask(struct
> iio_buffer
> > > > > *buffer,
> > > > > if (buffer->scan_mask == NULL)
> > > > > return -ENOMEM;
> > > > >
> > > > > + buffer->channel_mask = bitmap_zalloc(indio_dev-
> >num_channels,
> > > > > + GFP_KERNEL);
> > > > > + if (buffer->channel_mask == NULL) {
> > > > > + bitmap_free(buffer->scan_mask);
> > > > > + return -ENOMEM;
> > > > > + }
> > > > > +
> > > > > return 0;
> > > > > }
> > > > > EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(iio_buffer_alloc_scanmask);
> > > > >
> > > > > void iio_buffer_free_scanmask(struct iio_buffer *buffer)
> > > > > {
> > > > > + bitmap_free(buffer->channel_mask);
> > > > > bitmap_free(buffer->scan_mask);
> > > > > }
> > > > > EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(iio_buffer_free_scanmask);
> > > > > @@ -285,7 +293,7 @@ static ssize_t iio_scan_el_show(struct device
> > > *dev,
> > > > >
> > > > > /* Ensure ret is 0 or 1. */
> > > > > ret = !!test_bit(to_iio_dev_attr(attr)->address,
> > > > > - indio_dev->buffer->scan_mask);
> > > > > + indio_dev->buffer->channel_mask);
> > > > >
> > > > > return sprintf(buf, "%d\n", ret);
> > > > > }
> > > > > @@ -330,11 +338,12 @@ static bool iio_validate_scan_mask(struct
> > > iio_dev
> > > > > *indio_dev,
> > > > > * buffers might request, hence this code only verifies that the
> > > > > * individual buffers request is plausible.
> > > > > */
> > > > > -static int iio_scan_mask_set(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
> > > > > - struct iio_buffer *buffer, int bit)
> > > > > +static int iio_channel_mask_set(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
> > > > > + struct iio_buffer *buffer, int bit)
> > > > > {
> > > > > const unsigned long *mask;
> > > > > unsigned long *trialmask;
> > > > > + unsigned int ch;
> > > > >
> > > > > trialmask = bitmap_zalloc(indio_dev->masklength,
> GFP_KERNEL);
> > > > > if (trialmask == NULL)
> > > > > @@ -343,8 +352,11 @@ static int iio_scan_mask_set(struct iio_dev
> > > > > *indio_dev,
> > > > > WARN(1, "Trying to set scanmask prior to registering
> > > > > buffer\n");
> > > > > goto err_invalid_mask;
> > > > > }
> > > > > - bitmap_copy(trialmask, buffer->scan_mask, indio_dev-
> > > > > >masklength);
> > > > > - set_bit(bit, trialmask);
> > > > > +
> > > > > + set_bit(bit, buffer->channel_mask);
> > > > > +
> > > > > + for_each_set_bit(ch, buffer->channel_mask, indio_dev-
> > > > > >num_channels)
> > > > > + set_bit(indio_dev->channels[ch].scan_index,
> trialmask);
> > > >
> > > > So, here if the channels all have the same scan_index, we will end up
> with a
> > > scan_mask which is
> > > > different that channel_mask, right? I saw that in our internal driver's we
> > > then just access the
> > > > channel_mask field directly to know what pieces/channels do we need
> to
> > > enable prior to
> > > > buffering, which implies including buffer_impl.h.
> > > Given that we handle the demux only at the level of scan elements that
> > > won't work in general
> > > (even if it wasn't a horrible layering issue).
> >
> > Yes, and the driver just adds 16 channels and points all of them to
> scan_index 0. It then
> > sets real_bits and the shift so that userspace can get the right channel bit.
> So, in the end
> > we have just one buffer/scan element with 16bits. My problem here is
> more architectural...
> > We should not directly include "buffer_impl.h" in drivers...
> >
> > > >
> > > > So, for me it would make sense to compute scan_mask so that it will be
> the
> > > same as channel_mask
> > > > (hmm but that would be a problem when computing the buffer size...)
> and
> > > drivers can correctly use
> > > > ` validate_scan_mask ()` cb. Alternatively, we need to expose
> > > channel_mask either on a new cb or
> > > > change the ` validate_scan_mask ()` footprint.
> > >
> > > Excellent points. We need to address support for:
> > >
> > > 1) available_scan_mask - if we have complicated rules on mixtures of
> > > channels inside
> > > a given buffer element.
> >
> > Maybe one solution to expose channel mask is to check if channel_mask !=
> scan_mask
> > before calling the ` validate_scan_mask()`. If it is, we pass channel_mask to
> the callback.
> > Driver's should then know what to do with it...
>
> That's liable to be flakey as there is no requirement for the scan_mask to
> be ordered or indeed not have holes.
>
Yes, but the patch is adding this code:
`
for_each_set_bit(ch, buffer->channel_mask, indio_dev-
num_channels)
set_bit(indio_dev->channels[ch].scan_index, trialmask);
`
So, As I'm understanding we always enable the scan element on which a channel is inserted.
In the end, for a traditional driver with all different scan indexes, the resulting scan mask will
be the same as the channel mask if I'm not missing any subtlety here...
> >
> > > 2) channel enabling though I'm sort of inclined to say that if you are using
> this
> > > approach
> > > you only get information on channels that make up a scan mask
> element.
> > > Tough luck you
> > > may end up enabling more than you'd like.
> >
> > Not sure if I'm fully understanding this point. I believe with this approach
> channel
> > enablement works as before since the core is kind of mapping
> channel_mask to
> > scan_mask. So if we have 16 channels using only 1 scan_element we can
> still
> > enable/disable all 16 channels.
>
> Its more subtle than that. Because of the mux, a number of different
> channels can
> be enabled by different consumers, but all that is exposed to the driver is
> the resulting fused scan_mask across all consumers. It has no idea what
> channels
> have been enabled if they lie within a scan_mask element.
>
> Hence, whilst there can be individual channel enable and disable attributes
> they driver only seems enable and disable of scan mask elements. That
> means
> it needs to turn on ALL of the channels within one scan mask element.
> To do anything more complex requires us to carry all the following to the
> demux
> calculator
>
> 1) scan_mask
> 2) channel_mask
> 3) mapping from channel mask to scan mask
>
> It could be done, but it's potentially nasty. Even then we don't want to
> get into breaking out particular elements within a scan mask element so we'd
> end up providing all enabled channels (within each scan mask element)
> to the all consumers who are after any of them.
>
> We'd also have to expose the fused channel mask as well as scan mask
> to the driver which is not exactly elegant.
>
> That's why I'd suggest initial work uses scan mask as the fundamental
> unit of enable / disable, not the channel mask.
>
> Nothing stops then improving that later to deal with the channel mask
> fusion needed to work out the enables, but it's not something I'd do
> for step 1.
>
> >
> > In the end, if we have a traditional driver with one channel per scan_index,
> channel_mask
> > should be equal to scan_mask. As we start to have more than one channel
> pointing to the
> > same scan_index, these masks will be different.
> >
> > > It might be possible to make switch to using a channel mask but given the
> > > channel index is
> > > implicit that is going to be at least a little bit nasty.
> > >
> > > How much does it hurt to not have the ability to separately control
> channels
> > > within
> > > a given buffer element? Userspace can enable / disable them but reality
> is
> > > you'll
> >
> > As long as we are "ok" with the extra amount of allocated memory, I think
> it would work.
> > Though drivers will have to replicate the same data trough all the enabled
> scan elements...
>
> Hmm. I think we are talking about different things. Let me give an example.
>
> 8 channels in scan mask element 0 size 8 bits, 8 channels in scan mask
> element 1
>
> Enable a channel in scan mask element 0 on consumer 0, and a
> different one on consumer 1. If they were in different scan mask elements
> we'd deliver the first element only to consumer 0 and the second element
> only to consumer 1 (that's what the demux does for us)
>
> Here, in what I would suggest for the initial implementation, channel mask
> is not exposed at all to buffer setup op (update_scan_mask) - so we
> don't know which channels in that scan mask element are needed.
> Only answer, turn all 8 on.
>
> In this case we would deliver one 8 bit buffer element to each of the
> consumers
> but it would include the values for all 8 channels (but none from the 8
> channels
> in our second scan mask element).
>
> This keeps the channel mask logic (for now) separate from the demux
> and the buffered capture setup logic, but at the cost of sampling channels
> no one cares about. Note we often do that anyway as a lot of hardware does
> not have per channel enables, or is more efficient if we grab all the channels
> in a single transaction.
>
Hmm, I see your point now. Looking at the patchset, it also looks like that there's
no intention of doing the demux at the channel/bit level. I also agree on keeping the
granularity at the scan_element level otherwise it can be really unpleasant to implement
and "read" the demux code.
I was more looking for the possibility of passing the channel_mask to the drivers instead
of the scan_mask (when it makes sense to do so) so we can only sample the channels we
are interested in. In the end, we would push the complete scan_element to the iio_buffer
only with the bits we are interested in...
That being sad, I'm also not seeing a big problem in just enabling all the channels for a given
scan element but I might be missing something.
- Nuno Sá
On Mon, 4 May 2020 08:24:35 +0000
"Sa, Nuno" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > From: Jonathan Cameron <[email protected]>
> > Sent: Samstag, 2. Mai 2020 19:19
> > To: Sa, Nuno <[email protected]>
> > Cc: Ardelean, Alexandru <[email protected]>; linux-
> > [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]
> > Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 4/4] iio: Track enabled channels on a per channel
> > basis
> >
> > [External]
> >
> > On Mon, 27 Apr 2020 12:09:18 +0000
> > "Sa, Nuno" <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > > From: [email protected] <linux-iio-
> > [email protected]>
> > > > On Behalf Of Jonathan Cameron
> > > > Sent: Sonntag, 26. April 2020 12:51
> > > > To: Sa, Nuno <[email protected]>
> > > > Cc: Ardelean, Alexandru <[email protected]>; linux-
> > > > [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]
> > > > Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 4/4] iio: Track enabled channels on a per channel
> > > > basis
> > > >
> > > > On Fri, 24 Apr 2020 07:51:05 +0000
> > > > "Sa, Nuno" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > > From: [email protected] <linux-iio-
> > > > [email protected]>
> > > > > > On Behalf Of Alexandru Ardelean
> > > > > > Sent: Freitag, 24. April 2020 07:18
> > > > > > To: [email protected]; [email protected]
> > > > > > Cc: [email protected]; [email protected]; Ardelean, Alexandru
> > > > > > <[email protected]>
> > > > > > Subject: [RFC PATCH 4/4] iio: Track enabled channels on a per channel
> > > > basis
> > > > > >
> > > > > > From: Lars-Peter Clausen <[email protected]>
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Now that we support multiple channels with the same scan index we
> > can
> > > > no
> > > > > > longer use the scan mask to track which channels have been enabled.
> > > > > > Otherwise it is not possible to enable channels with the same scan
> > index
> > > > > > independently.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Introduce a new channel mask which is used instead of the scan mask
> > to
> > > > > > track which channels are enabled. Whenever the channel mask is
> > > > changed a
> > > > > > new scan mask is computed based on it.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Signed-off-by: Lars-Peter Clausen <[email protected]>
> > > > > > Signed-off-by: Alexandru Ardelean
> > <[email protected]>
> > > > > > ---
> > > > > > drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c | 62 +++++++++++++++++++++-------
> > ---
> > > > > > drivers/iio/inkern.c | 19 +++++++++-
> > > > > > include/linux/iio/buffer_impl.h | 3 ++
> > > > > > include/linux/iio/consumer.h | 2 +
> > > > > > 4 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > diff --git a/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c b/drivers/iio/industrialio-
> > > > buffer.c
> > > > > > index c06691281287..1821a3e32fb3 100644
> > > > > > --- a/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c
> > > > > > +++ b/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c
> > > > > > @@ -216,12 +216,20 @@ int iio_buffer_alloc_scanmask(struct
> > iio_buffer
> > > > > > *buffer,
> > > > > > if (buffer->scan_mask == NULL)
> > > > > > return -ENOMEM;
> > > > > >
> > > > > > + buffer->channel_mask = bitmap_zalloc(indio_dev-
> > >num_channels,
> > > > > > + GFP_KERNEL);
> > > > > > + if (buffer->channel_mask == NULL) {
> > > > > > + bitmap_free(buffer->scan_mask);
> > > > > > + return -ENOMEM;
> > > > > > + }
> > > > > > +
> > > > > > return 0;
> > > > > > }
> > > > > > EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(iio_buffer_alloc_scanmask);
> > > > > >
> > > > > > void iio_buffer_free_scanmask(struct iio_buffer *buffer)
> > > > > > {
> > > > > > + bitmap_free(buffer->channel_mask);
> > > > > > bitmap_free(buffer->scan_mask);
> > > > > > }
> > > > > > EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(iio_buffer_free_scanmask);
> > > > > > @@ -285,7 +293,7 @@ static ssize_t iio_scan_el_show(struct device
> > > > *dev,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > /* Ensure ret is 0 or 1. */
> > > > > > ret = !!test_bit(to_iio_dev_attr(attr)->address,
> > > > > > - indio_dev->buffer->scan_mask);
> > > > > > + indio_dev->buffer->channel_mask);
> > > > > >
> > > > > > return sprintf(buf, "%d\n", ret);
> > > > > > }
> > > > > > @@ -330,11 +338,12 @@ static bool iio_validate_scan_mask(struct
> > > > iio_dev
> > > > > > *indio_dev,
> > > > > > * buffers might request, hence this code only verifies that the
> > > > > > * individual buffers request is plausible.
> > > > > > */
> > > > > > -static int iio_scan_mask_set(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
> > > > > > - struct iio_buffer *buffer, int bit)
> > > > > > +static int iio_channel_mask_set(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
> > > > > > + struct iio_buffer *buffer, int bit)
> > > > > > {
> > > > > > const unsigned long *mask;
> > > > > > unsigned long *trialmask;
> > > > > > + unsigned int ch;
> > > > > >
> > > > > > trialmask = bitmap_zalloc(indio_dev->masklength,
> > GFP_KERNEL);
> > > > > > if (trialmask == NULL)
> > > > > > @@ -343,8 +352,11 @@ static int iio_scan_mask_set(struct iio_dev
> > > > > > *indio_dev,
> > > > > > WARN(1, "Trying to set scanmask prior to registering
> > > > > > buffer\n");
> > > > > > goto err_invalid_mask;
> > > > > > }
> > > > > > - bitmap_copy(trialmask, buffer->scan_mask, indio_dev-
> > > > > > >masklength);
> > > > > > - set_bit(bit, trialmask);
> > > > > > +
> > > > > > + set_bit(bit, buffer->channel_mask);
> > > > > > +
> > > > > > + for_each_set_bit(ch, buffer->channel_mask, indio_dev-
> > > > > > >num_channels)
> > > > > > + set_bit(indio_dev->channels[ch].scan_index,
> > trialmask);
> > > > >
> > > > > So, here if the channels all have the same scan_index, we will end up
> > with a
> > > > scan_mask which is
> > > > > different that channel_mask, right? I saw that in our internal driver's we
> > > > then just access the
> > > > > channel_mask field directly to know what pieces/channels do we need
> > to
> > > > enable prior to
> > > > > buffering, which implies including buffer_impl.h.
> > > > Given that we handle the demux only at the level of scan elements that
> > > > won't work in general
> > > > (even if it wasn't a horrible layering issue).
> > >
> > > Yes, and the driver just adds 16 channels and points all of them to
> > scan_index 0. It then
> > > sets real_bits and the shift so that userspace can get the right channel bit.
> > So, in the end
> > > we have just one buffer/scan element with 16bits. My problem here is
> > more architectural...
> > > We should not directly include "buffer_impl.h" in drivers...
> > >
> > > > >
> > > > > So, for me it would make sense to compute scan_mask so that it will be
> > the
> > > > same as channel_mask
> > > > > (hmm but that would be a problem when computing the buffer size...)
> > and
> > > > drivers can correctly use
> > > > > ` validate_scan_mask ()` cb. Alternatively, we need to expose
> > > > channel_mask either on a new cb or
> > > > > change the ` validate_scan_mask ()` footprint.
> > > >
> > > > Excellent points. We need to address support for:
> > > >
> > > > 1) available_scan_mask - if we have complicated rules on mixtures of
> > > > channels inside
> > > > a given buffer element.
> > >
> > > Maybe one solution to expose channel mask is to check if channel_mask !=
> > scan_mask
> > > before calling the ` validate_scan_mask()`. If it is, we pass channel_mask to
> > the callback.
> > > Driver's should then know what to do with it...
> >
> > That's liable to be flakey as there is no requirement for the scan_mask to
> > be ordered or indeed not have holes.
> >
>
> Yes, but the patch is adding this code:
>
> `
> for_each_set_bit(ch, buffer->channel_mask, indio_dev-
> num_channels)
> set_bit(indio_dev->channels[ch].scan_index, trialmask);
> `
>
> So, As I'm understanding we always enable the scan element on which a channel is inserted.
> In the end, for a traditional driver with all different scan indexes, the resulting scan mask will
> be the same as the channel mask if I'm not missing any subtlety here...
The bits for scan mask are provided by the driver, channel mask elements are simply done
in order of the channel array as we parse it. Hence scan_mask can have gaps, whereas
channel_mask can't. I think it's actually more complex than that because not all channels
are in the scan_mask at all. Now we don't add channels that aren't to either scan_mask or
channel mask (as they have no buffer attributes) but they will change the bit locations
for the channel_mask.
Look at how iio_buffer_add_channel_sysfs is called.
>
> > >
> > > > 2) channel enabling though I'm sort of inclined to say that if you are using
> > this
> > > > approach
> > > > you only get information on channels that make up a scan mask
> > element.
> > > > Tough luck you
> > > > may end up enabling more than you'd like.
> > >
> > > Not sure if I'm fully understanding this point. I believe with this approach
> > channel
> > > enablement works as before since the core is kind of mapping
> > channel_mask to
> > > scan_mask. So if we have 16 channels using only 1 scan_element we can
> > still
> > > enable/disable all 16 channels.
> >
> > Its more subtle than that. Because of the mux, a number of different
> > channels can
> > be enabled by different consumers, but all that is exposed to the driver is
> > the resulting fused scan_mask across all consumers. It has no idea what
> > channels
> > have been enabled if they lie within a scan_mask element.
> >
> > Hence, whilst there can be individual channel enable and disable attributes
> > they driver only seems enable and disable of scan mask elements. That
> > means
> > it needs to turn on ALL of the channels within one scan mask element.
> > To do anything more complex requires us to carry all the following to the
> > demux
> > calculator
> >
> > 1) scan_mask
> > 2) channel_mask
> > 3) mapping from channel mask to scan mask
> >
> > It could be done, but it's potentially nasty. Even then we don't want to
> > get into breaking out particular elements within a scan mask element so we'd
> > end up providing all enabled channels (within each scan mask element)
> > to the all consumers who are after any of them.
> >
> > We'd also have to expose the fused channel mask as well as scan mask
> > to the driver which is not exactly elegant.
> >
> > That's why I'd suggest initial work uses scan mask as the fundamental
> > unit of enable / disable, not the channel mask.
> >
> > Nothing stops then improving that later to deal with the channel mask
> > fusion needed to work out the enables, but it's not something I'd do
> > for step 1.
> >
> > >
> > > In the end, if we have a traditional driver with one channel per scan_index,
> > channel_mask
> > > should be equal to scan_mask. As we start to have more than one channel
> > pointing to the
> > > same scan_index, these masks will be different.
> > >
> > > > It might be possible to make switch to using a channel mask but given the
> > > > channel index is
> > > > implicit that is going to be at least a little bit nasty.
> > > >
> > > > How much does it hurt to not have the ability to separately control
> > channels
> > > > within
> > > > a given buffer element? Userspace can enable / disable them but reality
> > is
> > > > you'll
> > >
> > > As long as we are "ok" with the extra amount of allocated memory, I think
> > it would work.
> > > Though drivers will have to replicate the same data trough all the enabled
> > scan elements...
> >
> > Hmm. I think we are talking about different things. Let me give an example.
> >
> > 8 channels in scan mask element 0 size 8 bits, 8 channels in scan mask
> > element 1
> >
> > Enable a channel in scan mask element 0 on consumer 0, and a
> > different one on consumer 1. If they were in different scan mask elements
> > we'd deliver the first element only to consumer 0 and the second element
> > only to consumer 1 (that's what the demux does for us)
> >
> > Here, in what I would suggest for the initial implementation, channel mask
> > is not exposed at all to buffer setup op (update_scan_mask) - so we
> > don't know which channels in that scan mask element are needed.
> > Only answer, turn all 8 on.
> >
> > In this case we would deliver one 8 bit buffer element to each of the
> > consumers
> > but it would include the values for all 8 channels (but none from the 8
> > channels
> > in our second scan mask element).
> >
> > This keeps the channel mask logic (for now) separate from the demux
> > and the buffered capture setup logic, but at the cost of sampling channels
> > no one cares about. Note we often do that anyway as a lot of hardware does
> > not have per channel enables, or is more efficient if we grab all the channels
> > in a single transaction.
> >
>
> Hmm, I see your point now. Looking at the patchset, it also looks like that there's
> no intention of doing the demux at the channel/bit level. I also agree on keeping the
> granularity at the scan_element level otherwise it can be really unpleasant to implement
> and "read" the demux code.
>
> I was more looking for the possibility of passing the channel_mask to the drivers instead
> of the scan_mask (when it makes sense to do so) so we can only sample the channels we
> are interested in. In the end, we would push the complete scan_element to the iio_buffer
> only with the bits we are interested in...
To do that you'd have to deal with fusing the channel masks from multiple consumers and
checking that's possible each time we enable a channel (so channel_mask_available etc)
>
> That being sad, I'm also not seeing a big problem in just enabling all the channels for a given
> scan element but I might be missing something.
Definitely easier for a 'first pass'. We can be more clever later - the result of
adding fine grained control should have no impact on the perceived output - it's just
an efficiency improvement.
>
> - Nuno S?
Thanks,
Jonathan