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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 2/2] iio: light: as73211: New driver
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On Fri, 31 Jul 2020 09:01:14 +0200
Christian Eggers <ceggers@arri.de> wrote:

> Support for AMS AS73211 JENCOLOR(R) Digital XYZ Sensor.
> 
> This driver has no built-in trigger. In order for making triggered
> measurements, an external (software) trigger driver like
> iio-trig-hrtimer or iio-trig-sysfs is required.
> 
> The sensor supports single and continuous measurement modes. The latter
> is not used by design as this would require tight timing synchronization
> between hardware and driver without much benefit.
> 
> Datasheet: https://ams.com/documents/20143/36005/AS73211_DS000556_3-01.pdf/a65474c0-b302-c2fd-e30a-c98df87616df
> Signed-off-by: Christian Eggers <ceggers@arri.de>

A question inline about flipping to config mode mid capture.

> ---
>  MAINTAINERS                 |   7 +
>  drivers/iio/light/Kconfig   |  15 +
>  drivers/iio/light/Makefile  |   1 +
>  drivers/iio/light/as73211.c | 780 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  4 files changed, 803 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 drivers/iio/light/as73211.c
> 
...
> +
> +static int as73211_write_raw(struct iio_dev *indio_dev, struct iio_chan_spec const *chan,
> +			      int val, int val2, long mask)
> +{
> +	struct as73211_data *data = iio_priv(indio_dev);
> +	int ret;
> +
> +	mutex_lock(&data->mutex);
> +
> +	/* Need to switch to config mode ... */

Is this safe whilst we are doing a capture?
You may want to claim_direct_mode for write_raw to ensure we don't get such a
race.

> +	if ((data->osr & AS73211_OSR_DOS_MASK) != AS73211_OSR_DOS_CONFIG) {
> +		data->osr &= ~AS73211_OSR_DOS_MASK;
> +		data->osr |= AS73211_OSR_DOS_CONFIG;
> +
> +		ret = i2c_smbus_write_byte_data(data->client, AS73211_REG_OSR, data->osr);
> +		if (ret < 0)
> +			goto error_release;
> +	}
> +
> +	ret = _as73211_write_raw(indio_dev, chan, val, val2, mask);
> +
> +error_release:
> +	mutex_unlock(&data->mutex);
> +	return ret;
> +}