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diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/gpio/gpio-v2-get-lineinfo-watch-ioctl.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/gpio/gpio-v2-get-lineinfo-watch-ioctl.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..938ff85a93 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/gpio/gpio-v2-get-lineinfo-watch-ioctl.rst @@ -0,0 +1,67 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +.. _GPIO_V2_GET_LINEINFO_WATCH_IOCTL: + +******************************** +GPIO_V2_GET_LINEINFO_WATCH_IOCTL +******************************** + +Name +==== + +GPIO_V2_GET_LINEINFO_WATCH_IOCTL - Enable watching a line for changes to its +request state and configuration information. + +Synopsis +======== + +.. c:macro:: GPIO_V2_GET_LINEINFO_WATCH_IOCTL + +``int ioctl(int chip_fd, GPIO_V2_GET_LINEINFO_WATCH_IOCTL, struct gpio_v2_line_info *info)`` + +Arguments +========= + +``chip_fd`` + The file descriptor of the GPIO character device returned by `open()`. + +``info`` + The :c:type:`line_info<gpio_v2_line_info>` struct to be populated, with + the ``offset`` set to indicate the line to watch + +Description +=========== + +Enable watching a line for changes to its request state and configuration +information. Changes to line info include a line being requested, released +or reconfigured. + +.. note:: + Watching line info is not generally required, and would typically only be + used by a system monitoring component. + + The line info does NOT include the line value. + The line must be requested using gpio-v2-get-line-ioctl.rst to access + its value, and the line request can monitor a line for events using + gpio-v2-line-event-read.rst. + +By default all lines are unwatched when the GPIO chip is opened. + +Multiple lines may be watched simultaneously by adding a watch for each. + +Once a watch is set, any changes to line info will generate events which can be +read from the ``chip_fd`` as described in +gpio-v2-lineinfo-changed-read.rst. + +Adding a watch to a line that is already watched is an error (**EBUSY**). + +Watches are specific to the ``chip_fd`` and are independent of watches +on the same GPIO chip opened with a separate call to `open()`. + +Return Value +============ + +On success 0 and ``info`` is populated with the current line info. + +On error -1 and the ``errno`` variable is set appropriately. +Common error codes are described in error-codes.rst. |