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author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-07 18:49:45 +0000 |
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committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-07 18:49:45 +0000 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/iio/triggered-buffers.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/iio/triggered-buffers.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..417555dbb --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/iio/triggered-buffers.rst @@ -0,0 +1,69 @@ +================= +Triggered Buffers +================= + +Now that we know what buffers and triggers are let's see how they work together. + +IIO triggered buffer setup +========================== + +* :c:func:`iio_triggered_buffer_setup` — Setup triggered buffer and pollfunc +* :c:func:`iio_triggered_buffer_cleanup` — Free resources allocated by + :c:func:`iio_triggered_buffer_setup` +* struct iio_buffer_setup_ops — buffer setup related callbacks + +A typical triggered buffer setup looks like this:: + + const struct iio_buffer_setup_ops sensor_buffer_setup_ops = { + .preenable = sensor_buffer_preenable, + .postenable = sensor_buffer_postenable, + .postdisable = sensor_buffer_postdisable, + .predisable = sensor_buffer_predisable, + }; + + irqreturn_t sensor_iio_pollfunc(int irq, void *p) + { + pf->timestamp = iio_get_time_ns((struct indio_dev *)p); + return IRQ_WAKE_THREAD; + } + + irqreturn_t sensor_trigger_handler(int irq, void *p) + { + u16 buf[8]; + int i = 0; + + /* read data for each active channel */ + for_each_set_bit(bit, active_scan_mask, masklength) + buf[i++] = sensor_get_data(bit) + + iio_push_to_buffers_with_timestamp(indio_dev, buf, timestamp); + + iio_trigger_notify_done(trigger); + return IRQ_HANDLED; + } + + /* setup triggered buffer, usually in probe function */ + iio_triggered_buffer_setup(indio_dev, sensor_iio_polfunc, + sensor_trigger_handler, + sensor_buffer_setup_ops); + +The important things to notice here are: + +* :c:type:`iio_buffer_setup_ops`, the buffer setup functions to be called at + predefined points in the buffer configuration sequence (e.g. before enable, + after disable). If not specified, the IIO core uses the default + iio_triggered_buffer_setup_ops. +* **sensor_iio_pollfunc**, the function that will be used as top half of poll + function. It should do as little processing as possible, because it runs in + interrupt context. The most common operation is recording of the current + timestamp and for this reason one can use the IIO core defined + :c:func:`iio_pollfunc_store_time` function. +* **sensor_trigger_handler**, the function that will be used as bottom half of + the poll function. This runs in the context of a kernel thread and all the + processing takes place here. It usually reads data from the device and + stores it in the internal buffer together with the timestamp recorded in the + top half. + +More details +============ +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/iio/buffer/industrialio-triggered-buffer.c |