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author | Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> | 2024-03-22 02:14:13 +0300 |
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committer | Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> | 2024-03-22 02:15:08 +0300 |
commit | 537c2e91d3549e5d6020bb0576cf9b54a845255f (patch) | |
tree | c09e8a1b7d733cde19b0c72678c28fb2bc97ff6b /Documentation/userspace-api/gpio/gpio-lineinfo-changed-read.rst | |
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Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net
Cross-merge networking fixes after downstream PR.
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
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diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/gpio/gpio-lineinfo-changed-read.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/gpio/gpio-lineinfo-changed-read.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..c4f5e1787a9d --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/gpio/gpio-lineinfo-changed-read.rst @@ -0,0 +1,87 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +.. _GPIO_LINEINFO_CHANGED_READ: + +************************** +GPIO_LINEINFO_CHANGED_READ +************************** + +.. warning:: + This ioctl is part of chardev_v1.rst and is obsoleted by + gpio-v2-lineinfo-changed-read.rst. + +Name +==== + +GPIO_LINEINFO_CHANGED_READ - Read line info change events for watched lines +from the chip. + +Synopsis +======== + +``int read(int chip_fd, void *buf, size_t count)`` + +Arguments +========= + +``chip_fd`` + The file descriptor of the GPIO character device returned by `open()`. + +``buf`` + The buffer to contain the :c:type:`events<gpioline_info_changed>`. + +``count`` + The number of bytes available in ``buf``, which must be at least the size + of a :c:type:`gpioline_info_changed` event. + +Description +=========== + +Read line info change events for watched lines from the chip. + +.. note:: + Monitoring line info changes is not generally required, and would typically + only be performed by a system monitoring component. + + These events relate to changes in a line's request state or configuration, + not its value. Use gpio-lineevent-data-read.rst to receive events when a + line changes value. + +A line must be watched using gpio-get-lineinfo-watch-ioctl.rst to generate +info changed events. Subsequently, a request, release, or reconfiguration +of the line will generate an info changed event. + +The kernel timestamps events when they occur and stores them in a buffer +from where they can be read by userspace at its convenience using `read()`. + +The size of the kernel event buffer is fixed at 32 events per ``chip_fd``. + +The buffer may overflow if bursts of events occur quicker than they are read +by userspace. If an overflow occurs then the most recent event is discarded. +Overflow cannot be detected from userspace. + +Events read from the buffer are always in the same order that they were +detected by the kernel, including when multiple lines are being monitored by +the one ``chip_fd``. + +To minimize the number of calls required to copy events from the kernel to +userspace, `read()` supports copying multiple events. The number of events +copied is the lower of the number available in the kernel buffer and the +number that will fit in the userspace buffer (``buf``). + +A `read()` will block if no event is available and the ``chip_fd`` has not +been set **O_NONBLOCK**. + +The presence of an event can be tested for by checking that the ``chip_fd`` is +readable using `poll()` or an equivalent. + +First added in 5.7. + +Return Value +============ + +On success the number of bytes read, which will be a multiple of the size of +a :c:type:`gpioline_info_changed` event. + +On error -1 and the ``errno`` variable is set appropriately. +Common error codes are described in error-codes.rst. |