Re: [RFC PATCH 1/8] docs: Add block device LED trigger documentation

[Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Wed, Jul 28, 2021 at 08:53:37PM -0500, Ian Pilcher wrote:
> * Document the sysfs attributes (/sys/class/block/led_trigger_*
>   and /sys/class/block/${DEV}/led_trigger) that can be used to
>   create, list, and delete block device LED triggers and to
>   set and clear device/trigger associations.

sysfs apis belong in Documentation/ABI/ like all other entries.



> 
> * Pull API documentation from block/blk-ledtrig.c (once it
>   exists).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ian Pilcher <arequipeno@gmail.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/block/index.rst        |   1 +
>  Documentation/block/led-triggers.rst | 124 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 125 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/block/led-triggers.rst
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/block/index.rst b/Documentation/block/index.rst
> index 86dcf7159f99..a125ecdb4c7b 100644
> --- a/Documentation/block/index.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/block/index.rst
> @@ -25,3 +25,4 @@ Block
>     stat
>     switching-sched
>     writeback_cache_control
> +   led-triggers
> diff --git a/Documentation/block/led-triggers.rst b/Documentation/block/led-triggers.rst
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..a67e06c68073
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/block/led-triggers.rst
> @@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
> +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +
> +============
> +LED Triggers
> +============
> +
> +Available when ``CONFIG_BLK_LED_TRIGGERS=y``.
> +
> +sysfs interface
> +===============
> +
> +Create a new block device LED trigger::
> +
> +	# echo foo > /sys/class/block/led_trigger_new
> +
> +The name must be unique among all LED triggers (not just block device LED
> +triggers).
> +
> +Create two more::
> +
> +	# echo bar baz > /sys/class/block/led_trigger_new
> +
> +List the triggers::
> +
> +	# cat /sys/class/block/led_trigger_list
> +	baz: 0
> +	bar: 0
> +	foo: 0

As was pointed out, this is not ok for a sysfs file, sorry.

thanks,

greg k-h

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