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* [PATCH] add netdev led trigger
@ 2010-11-14 20:58 Eric Cooper
  2010-11-15 23:41 ` Lars-Peter Clausen
  2010-11-17 11:05 ` Pavel Machek
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 11+ messages in thread
From: Eric Cooper @ 2010-11-14 20:58 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-kernel, Richard Purdie; +Cc: Eric Cooper

Add a netdev LED trigger for all Blinkenlights lovers...
Originally taken from https://dev.openwrt.org/ticket/2776
Slightly updated for 2.6.24 by Mickey Lauer <mickey@openmoko.org>
and for 2.6.36 by Eric Cooper <ecc@cmu.edu>

Signed-off-by: Eric Cooper <ecc@cmu.edu>
---
 drivers/leds/Kconfig          |    7 +
 drivers/leds/Makefile         |    1 +
 drivers/leds/ledtrig-netdev.c |  463 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 471 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 drivers/leds/ledtrig-netdev.c

diff --git a/drivers/leds/Kconfig b/drivers/leds/Kconfig
index 77b8fd2..8d81cd0 100644
--- a/drivers/leds/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/leds/Kconfig
@@ -374,6 +374,13 @@ config LEDS_TRIGGER_HEARTBEAT
 	  load average.
 	  If unsure, say Y.
 
+config LEDS_TRIGGER_NETDEV
+	tristate "LED Network Device Trigger"
+	depends on NET
+	help
+	  This allows LEDs to be controlled by network device activity.
+	  If unsure, say Y.
+
 config LEDS_TRIGGER_BACKLIGHT
 	tristate "LED backlight Trigger"
 	help
diff --git a/drivers/leds/Makefile b/drivers/leds/Makefile
index aae6989..a3bb67d 100644
--- a/drivers/leds/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/leds/Makefile
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_LEDS_DAC124S085)		+= leds-dac124s085.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_LEDS_TRIGGER_TIMER)	+= ledtrig-timer.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_LEDS_TRIGGER_IDE_DISK)	+= ledtrig-ide-disk.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_LEDS_TRIGGER_HEARTBEAT)	+= ledtrig-heartbeat.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_LEDS_TRIGGER_NETDEV)	+= ledtrig-netdev.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_LEDS_TRIGGER_BACKLIGHT)	+= ledtrig-backlight.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_LEDS_TRIGGER_GPIO)		+= ledtrig-gpio.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_LEDS_TRIGGER_DEFAULT_ON)	+= ledtrig-default-on.o
diff --git a/drivers/leds/ledtrig-netdev.c b/drivers/leds/ledtrig-netdev.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ebf9b6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/leds/ledtrig-netdev.c
@@ -0,0 +1,463 @@
+/*
+ * LED Kernel Netdev Trigger
+ *
+ * Toggles the LED to reflect the link and traffic state of a named net device
+ *
+ * Copyright 2007 Oliver Jowett <oliver@opencloud.com>
+ *
+ * Derived from ledtrig-timer.c which is:
+ *  Copyright 2005-2006 Openedhand Ltd.
+ *  Author: Richard Purdie <rpurdie@openedhand.com>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/jiffies.h>
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/list.h>
+#include <linux/spinlock.h>
+#include <linux/device.h>
+#include <linux/sysdev.h>
+#include <linux/netdevice.h>
+#include <linux/timer.h>
+#include <linux/ctype.h>
+#include <linux/leds.h>
+#include <linux/version.h>
+#include <net/net_namespace.h>
+
+#include "leds.h"
+
+/*
+ * Configurable sysfs attributes:
+ *
+ * device_name - network device name to monitor
+ *
+ * interval - duration of LED blink, in milliseconds
+ *
+ * mode - either "none" (LED is off) or a space separated list
+ * of one or more of:
+ *   link: LED's normal state reflects whether the link is up (has carrier)
+ *         or not
+ *   tx:   LED blinks on transmitted data
+ *   rx:   LED blinks on receive data
+ *
+ * Some suggestions:
+ *
+ *  Simple link status LED:
+ *  $ echo netdev >someled/trigger
+ *  $ echo eth0 >someled/device_name
+ *  $ echo link >someled/mode
+ *
+ *  Ethernet-style link/activity LED:
+ *  $ echo netdev >someled/trigger
+ *  $ echo eth0 >someled/device_name
+ *  $ echo "link tx rx" >someled/mode
+ *
+ *  Modem-style tx/rx LEDs:
+ *  $ echo netdev >led1/trigger
+ *  $ echo ppp0 >led1/device_name
+ *  $ echo tx >led1/mode
+ *  $ echo netdev >led2/trigger
+ *  $ echo ppp0 >led2/device_name
+ *  $ echo rx >led2/mode
+ *
+ */
+
+#define MODE_LINK 1
+#define MODE_TX	  2
+#define MODE_RX	  4
+
+struct led_netdev_data {
+	rwlock_t lock;
+
+	struct timer_list timer;
+	struct notifier_block notifier;
+
+	struct led_classdev *led_cdev;
+	struct net_device *net_dev;
+
+	char device_name[IFNAMSIZ];
+	unsigned interval;
+	unsigned mode;
+	unsigned link_up;
+	unsigned last_activity;
+};
+
+static void set_baseline_state(struct led_netdev_data *trigger_data)
+{
+	if ((trigger_data->mode & MODE_LINK) != 0 && trigger_data->link_up)
+		led_set_brightness(trigger_data->led_cdev, LED_FULL);
+	else
+		led_set_brightness(trigger_data->led_cdev, LED_OFF);
+
+	if ((trigger_data->mode & (MODE_TX | MODE_RX)) != 0 &&
+	    trigger_data->link_up)
+		mod_timer(&trigger_data->timer,
+			  jiffies + trigger_data->interval);
+	else
+		del_timer(&trigger_data->timer);
+}
+
+static ssize_t led_device_name_show(struct device *dev,
+				    struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
+{
+	struct led_classdev *led_cdev = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
+	struct led_netdev_data *trigger_data = led_cdev->trigger_data;
+
+	read_lock(&trigger_data->lock);
+	sprintf(buf, "%s\n", trigger_data->device_name);
+	read_unlock(&trigger_data->lock);
+
+	return strlen(buf) + 1;
+}
+
+static ssize_t led_device_name_store(struct device *dev,
+				     struct device_attribute *attr,
+				     const char *buf, size_t size)
+{
+	struct led_classdev *led_cdev = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
+	struct led_netdev_data *trigger_data = led_cdev->trigger_data;
+
+	if (size < 0 || size >= IFNAMSIZ)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	write_lock(&trigger_data->lock);
+
+	strcpy(trigger_data->device_name, buf);
+	if (size > 0 && trigger_data->device_name[size-1] == '\n')
+		trigger_data->device_name[size-1] = 0;
+
+	if (trigger_data->device_name[0] != 0) {
+		/* check for existing device to update from */
+		struct net_device *dev =
+			dev_get_by_name(&init_net, trigger_data->device_name);
+		if (dev != NULL) {
+			unsigned int flags = dev_get_flags(dev);
+			trigger_data->net_dev = dev;
+			trigger_data->link_up = (flags & IFF_LOWER_UP) != 0;
+		}
+		/* updates LEDs, may start timers */
+		set_baseline_state(trigger_data);
+	}
+
+	write_unlock(&trigger_data->lock);
+	return size;
+}
+
+static DEVICE_ATTR(device_name, 0644,
+		   led_device_name_show, led_device_name_store);
+
+static ssize_t led_mode_show(struct device *dev,
+			     struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
+{
+	struct led_classdev *led_cdev = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
+	struct led_netdev_data *trigger_data = led_cdev->trigger_data;
+
+	read_lock(&trigger_data->lock);
+
+	if (trigger_data->mode == 0) {
+		strcpy(buf, "none\n");
+	} else {
+		if (trigger_data->mode & MODE_LINK)
+			strcat(buf, "link ");
+		if (trigger_data->mode & MODE_TX)
+			strcat(buf, "tx ");
+		if (trigger_data->mode & MODE_RX)
+			strcat(buf, "rx ");
+		strcat(buf, "\n");
+	}
+
+	read_unlock(&trigger_data->lock);
+
+	return strlen(buf)+1;
+}
+
+static ssize_t led_mode_store(struct device *dev,
+			      struct device_attribute *attr,
+			      const char *buf, size_t size)
+{
+	struct led_classdev *led_cdev = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
+	struct led_netdev_data *trigger_data = led_cdev->trigger_data;
+	char copybuf[32];
+	int new_mode = -1;
+	char *p, *token;
+
+	/* take a copy since we don't want to trash the inbound buffer
+	   when using strsep */
+	strncpy(copybuf, buf, sizeof(copybuf));
+	copybuf[sizeof(copybuf) - 1] = '\0';
+	p = copybuf;
+
+	while ((token = strsep(&p, " \t\n")) != NULL) {
+		if (!*token)
+			continue;
+
+		if (new_mode == -1)
+			new_mode = 0;
+
+		if (!strcmp(token, "none"))
+			new_mode = 0;
+		else if (!strcmp(token, "tx"))
+			new_mode |= MODE_TX;
+		else if (!strcmp(token, "rx"))
+			new_mode |= MODE_RX;
+		else if (!strcmp(token, "link"))
+			new_mode |= MODE_LINK;
+		else
+			return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	if (new_mode == -1)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	write_lock(&trigger_data->lock);
+	trigger_data->mode = new_mode;
+	set_baseline_state(trigger_data);
+	write_unlock(&trigger_data->lock);
+
+	return size;
+}
+
+static DEVICE_ATTR(mode, 0644, led_mode_show, led_mode_store);
+
+static ssize_t led_interval_show(struct device *dev,
+				 struct device_attribute *attr,
+				 char *buf)
+{
+	struct led_classdev *led_cdev = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
+	struct led_netdev_data *trigger_data = led_cdev->trigger_data;
+
+	read_lock(&trigger_data->lock);
+	sprintf(buf, "%u\n", jiffies_to_msecs(trigger_data->interval));
+	read_unlock(&trigger_data->lock);
+
+	return strlen(buf) + 1;
+}
+
+static ssize_t led_interval_store(struct device *dev,
+				  struct device_attribute *attr,
+				  const char *buf, size_t size)
+{
+	struct led_classdev *led_cdev = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
+	struct led_netdev_data *trigger_data = led_cdev->trigger_data;
+	int ret = -EINVAL;
+	char *after;
+	unsigned long value = simple_strtoul(buf, &after, 10);
+	size_t count = after - buf;
+
+	if (*after && isspace(*after))
+		count++;
+
+	/* impose some basic bounds on the timer interval */
+	if (count == size && value >= 5 && value <= 10000) {
+		write_lock(&trigger_data->lock);
+		trigger_data->interval = msecs_to_jiffies(value);
+		set_baseline_state(trigger_data);	/* resets timer */
+		write_unlock(&trigger_data->lock);
+		ret = count;
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static DEVICE_ATTR(interval, 0644, led_interval_show, led_interval_store);
+
+static int netdev_trig_notify(struct notifier_block *nb,
+			      unsigned long evt,
+			      void *dv)
+{
+	struct net_device *dev = dv;
+	struct led_netdev_data *trigger_data =
+		container_of(nb, struct led_netdev_data, notifier);
+
+	if (evt != NETDEV_UP && evt != NETDEV_DOWN && evt != NETDEV_CHANGE &&
+	    evt != NETDEV_REGISTER && evt != NETDEV_UNREGISTER)
+		return NOTIFY_DONE;
+
+	write_lock(&trigger_data->lock);
+
+	if (strcmp(dev->name, trigger_data->device_name))
+		goto done;
+
+	if (evt == NETDEV_REGISTER) {
+		if (trigger_data->net_dev != NULL)
+			dev_put(trigger_data->net_dev);
+		dev_hold(dev);
+		trigger_data->net_dev = dev;
+		trigger_data->link_up = 0;
+		goto done;
+	}
+
+	if (evt == NETDEV_UNREGISTER && trigger_data->net_dev != NULL) {
+		dev_put(trigger_data->net_dev);
+		trigger_data->net_dev = NULL;
+		goto done;
+	}
+
+	/* UP / DOWN / CHANGE */
+
+	trigger_data->link_up = (evt != NETDEV_DOWN && netif_carrier_ok(dev));
+	set_baseline_state(trigger_data);
+
+done:
+	write_unlock(&trigger_data->lock);
+	return NOTIFY_DONE;
+}
+
+/* here's the real work! */
+static void netdev_trig_timer(unsigned long arg)
+{
+	struct led_netdev_data *trigger_data = (struct led_netdev_data *)arg;
+	struct rtnl_link_stats64 temp;
+	const struct rtnl_link_stats64 *dev_stats;
+	unsigned new_activity;
+
+	write_lock(&trigger_data->lock);
+
+	if (!trigger_data->link_up || !trigger_data->net_dev ||
+	    (trigger_data->mode & (MODE_TX | MODE_RX)) == 0) {
+		/* we don't need to do timer work, just reflect link state. */
+		int on = (trigger_data->mode & MODE_LINK) != 0 &&
+			trigger_data->link_up;
+		led_set_brightness(trigger_data->led_cdev,
+				   on ? LED_FULL : LED_OFF);
+		goto no_restart;
+	}
+
+	dev_stats = dev_get_stats(trigger_data->net_dev, &temp);
+
+	new_activity =
+		((trigger_data->mode & MODE_TX) ? dev_stats->tx_packets : 0) +
+		((trigger_data->mode & MODE_RX) ? dev_stats->rx_packets : 0);
+
+	if (trigger_data->mode & MODE_LINK) {
+		/* base state is ON (link present) */
+		/* if there's no link, we don't get this far
+		   and the LED is off */
+
+		/* OFF -> ON always */
+		/* ON -> OFF on activity */
+		if (trigger_data->led_cdev->brightness == LED_OFF)
+			led_set_brightness(trigger_data->led_cdev, LED_FULL);
+		else if (trigger_data->last_activity != new_activity)
+			led_set_brightness(trigger_data->led_cdev, LED_OFF);
+	} else {
+		/* base state is OFF */
+		/* ON -> OFF always */
+		/* OFF -> ON on activity */
+		if (trigger_data->led_cdev->brightness == LED_FULL)
+			led_set_brightness(trigger_data->led_cdev, LED_OFF);
+		else if (trigger_data->last_activity != new_activity)
+			led_set_brightness(trigger_data->led_cdev, LED_FULL);
+	}
+
+	trigger_data->last_activity = new_activity;
+	mod_timer(&trigger_data->timer, jiffies + trigger_data->interval);
+
+no_restart:
+	write_unlock(&trigger_data->lock);
+}
+
+static void netdev_trig_activate(struct led_classdev *led_cdev)
+{
+	struct led_netdev_data *trigger_data;
+	int rc;
+
+	trigger_data = kzalloc(sizeof(struct led_netdev_data), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!trigger_data)
+		return;
+
+	rwlock_init(&trigger_data->lock);
+
+	trigger_data->notifier.notifier_call = netdev_trig_notify;
+	trigger_data->notifier.priority = 10;
+
+	setup_timer(&trigger_data->timer, netdev_trig_timer,
+		    (unsigned long) trigger_data);
+
+	trigger_data->led_cdev = led_cdev;
+	trigger_data->net_dev = NULL;
+	trigger_data->device_name[0] = 0;
+
+	trigger_data->mode = 0;
+	trigger_data->interval = msecs_to_jiffies(50);
+	trigger_data->link_up = 0;
+	trigger_data->last_activity = 0;
+
+	led_cdev->trigger_data = trigger_data;
+
+	rc = device_create_file(led_cdev->dev, &dev_attr_device_name);
+	if (rc)
+		goto err_out;
+	rc = device_create_file(led_cdev->dev, &dev_attr_mode);
+	if (rc)
+		goto err_out_device_name;
+	rc = device_create_file(led_cdev->dev, &dev_attr_interval);
+	if (rc)
+		goto err_out_mode;
+
+	register_netdevice_notifier(&trigger_data->notifier);
+	return;
+
+err_out_mode:
+	device_remove_file(led_cdev->dev, &dev_attr_mode);
+err_out_device_name:
+	device_remove_file(led_cdev->dev, &dev_attr_device_name);
+err_out:
+	led_cdev->trigger_data = NULL;
+	kfree(trigger_data);
+}
+
+static void netdev_trig_deactivate(struct led_classdev *led_cdev)
+{
+	struct led_netdev_data *trigger_data = led_cdev->trigger_data;
+
+	if (trigger_data) {
+		unregister_netdevice_notifier(&trigger_data->notifier);
+
+		device_remove_file(led_cdev->dev, &dev_attr_device_name);
+		device_remove_file(led_cdev->dev, &dev_attr_mode);
+		device_remove_file(led_cdev->dev, &dev_attr_interval);
+
+		write_lock(&trigger_data->lock);
+
+		if (trigger_data->net_dev) {
+			dev_put(trigger_data->net_dev);
+			trigger_data->net_dev = NULL;
+		}
+
+		write_unlock(&trigger_data->lock);
+
+		del_timer_sync(&trigger_data->timer);
+
+		kfree(trigger_data);
+	}
+}
+
+static struct led_trigger netdev_led_trigger = {
+	.name	  = "netdev",
+	.activate = netdev_trig_activate,
+	.deactivate = netdev_trig_deactivate,
+};
+
+static int __init netdev_trig_init(void)
+{
+	return led_trigger_register(&netdev_led_trigger);
+}
+
+static void __exit netdev_trig_exit(void)
+{
+	led_trigger_unregister(&netdev_led_trigger);
+}
+
+module_init(netdev_trig_init);
+module_exit(netdev_trig_exit);
+
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Oliver Jowett <oliver@opencloud.com>");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Netdev LED trigger");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-- 
1.7.2.3


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* Re: [PATCH] add netdev led trigger
  2010-11-14 20:58 [PATCH] add netdev led trigger Eric Cooper
@ 2010-11-15 23:41 ` Lars-Peter Clausen
  2010-11-17 11:05 ` Pavel Machek
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 11+ messages in thread
From: Lars-Peter Clausen @ 2010-11-15 23:41 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Eric Cooper; +Cc: linux-kernel, Richard Purdie, Oliver Jowett

Eric Cooper wrote:
> Add a netdev LED trigger for all Blinkenlights lovers...
> Originally taken from https://dev.openwrt.org/ticket/2776
> Slightly updated for 2.6.24 by Mickey Lauer <mickey@openmoko.org>
> and for 2.6.36 by Eric Cooper <ecc@cmu.edu>
>
> Signed-off-by: Eric Cooper <ecc@cmu.edu>
> ---
>  drivers/leds/Kconfig          |    7 +
>  drivers/leds/Makefile         |    1 +
>  drivers/leds/ledtrig-netdev.c |  463 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  3 files changed, 471 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 drivers/leds/ledtrig-netdev.c
>
> diff --git a/drivers/leds/Kconfig b/drivers/leds/Kconfig
> index 77b8fd2..8d81cd0 100644
> --- a/drivers/leds/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/leds/Kconfig
> @@ -374,6 +374,13 @@ config LEDS_TRIGGER_HEARTBEAT
>  	  load average.
>  	  If unsure, say Y.
>
> +config LEDS_TRIGGER_NETDEV
> +	tristate "LED Network Device Trigger"
> +	depends on NET
> +	help
> +	  This allows LEDs to be controlled by network device activity.
> +	  If unsure, say Y.
> +
>  config LEDS_TRIGGER_BACKLIGHT
>  	tristate "LED backlight Trigger"
>  	help
> diff --git a/drivers/leds/Makefile b/drivers/leds/Makefile
> index aae6989..a3bb67d 100644
> --- a/drivers/leds/Makefile
> +++ b/drivers/leds/Makefile
> @@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_LEDS_DAC124S085)		+= leds-dac124s085.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_LEDS_TRIGGER_TIMER)	+= ledtrig-timer.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_LEDS_TRIGGER_IDE_DISK)	+= ledtrig-ide-disk.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_LEDS_TRIGGER_HEARTBEAT)	+= ledtrig-heartbeat.o
> +obj-$(CONFIG_LEDS_TRIGGER_NETDEV)	+= ledtrig-netdev.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_LEDS_TRIGGER_BACKLIGHT)	+= ledtrig-backlight.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_LEDS_TRIGGER_GPIO)		+= ledtrig-gpio.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_LEDS_TRIGGER_DEFAULT_ON)	+= ledtrig-default-on.o
> diff --git a/drivers/leds/ledtrig-netdev.c b/drivers/leds/ledtrig-netdev.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..ebf9b6b
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/drivers/leds/ledtrig-netdev.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,463 @@
> +/*
> + * LED Kernel Netdev Trigger
> + *
> + * Toggles the LED to reflect the link and traffic state of a named net device
> + *
> + * Copyright 2007 Oliver Jowett <oliver@opencloud.com>
> + *
> + * Derived from ledtrig-timer.c which is:
> + *  Copyright 2005-2006 Openedhand Ltd.
> + *  Author: Richard Purdie <rpurdie@openedhand.com>
> + *
> + * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
> + * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
> + * published by the Free Software Foundation.
> + *
> + */
> +
> +#include <linux/module.h>
> +#include <linux/jiffies.h>
> +#include <linux/kernel.h>
> +#include <linux/init.h>
> +#include <linux/list.h>
> +#include <linux/spinlock.h>
> +#include <linux/device.h>
> +#include <linux/sysdev.h>
> +#include <linux/netdevice.h>
> +#include <linux/timer.h>
> +#include <linux/ctype.h>
> +#include <linux/leds.h>
> +#include <linux/version.h>
> +#include <net/net_namespace.h>
> +
> +#include "leds.h"
> +
> +/*
> + * Configurable sysfs attributes:
> + *
> + * device_name - network device name to monitor
> + *
> + * interval - duration of LED blink, in milliseconds
> + *
> + * mode - either "none" (LED is off) or a space separated list
> + * of one or more of:
> + *   link: LED's normal state reflects whether the link is up (has carrier)
> + *         or not
> + *   tx:   LED blinks on transmitted data
> + *   rx:   LED blinks on receive data
> + *
> + * Some suggestions:
> + *
> + *  Simple link status LED:
> + *  $ echo netdev >someled/trigger
> + *  $ echo eth0 >someled/device_name
> + *  $ echo link >someled/mode
> + *
> + *  Ethernet-style link/activity LED:
> + *  $ echo netdev >someled/trigger
> + *  $ echo eth0 >someled/device_name
> + *  $ echo "link tx rx" >someled/mode
> + *
> + *  Modem-style tx/rx LEDs:
> + *  $ echo netdev >led1/trigger
> + *  $ echo ppp0 >led1/device_name
> + *  $ echo tx >led1/mode
> + *  $ echo netdev >led2/trigger
> + *  $ echo ppp0 >led2/device_name
> + *  $ echo rx >led2/mode
> + *
> + */
> +
> +#define MODE_LINK 1
> +#define MODE_TX	  2
> +#define MODE_RX	  4
> +
A prefix for the defines would be a good idea.

> +struct led_netdev_data {
> +	rwlock_t lock;
> +
> +	struct timer_list timer;
> +	struct notifier_block notifier;
> +
> +	struct led_classdev *led_cdev;
You can easily drop the pointer to the led device if you use the led device as
callback data for the timer and notifier callback. The led device has a pointer to
your trigger data.

> +	struct net_device *net_dev;
> +
> +	char device_name[IFNAMSIZ];
> +	unsigned interval;
unsigned long
> +	unsigned mode;
> +	unsigned link_up;
bool
> +	unsigned last_activity;
> +};
> +
> +static void set_baseline_state(struct led_netdev_data *trigger_data)
netdev_trig_...
> +{
> +	if ((trigger_data->mode & MODE_LINK) != 0 && trigger_data->link_up)
> +		led_set_brightness(trigger_data->led_cdev, LED_FULL);
> +	else
> +		led_set_brightness(trigger_data->led_cdev, LED_OFF);
> +
> +	if ((trigger_data->mode & (MODE_TX | MODE_RX)) != 0 &&
> +	    trigger_data->link_up)
> +		mod_timer(&trigger_data->timer,
> +			  jiffies + trigger_data->interval);
> +	else
> +		del_timer(&trigger_data->timer);
> +}
> +
> +static ssize_t led_device_name_show(struct device *dev,
> +				    struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
> +{
> +	struct led_classdev *led_cdev = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
> +	struct led_netdev_data *trigger_data = led_cdev->trigger_data;
> +
> +	read_lock(&trigger_data->lock);
> +	sprintf(buf, "%s\n", trigger_data->device_name);
len =
> +	read_unlock(&trigger_data->lock);
> +
> +	return strlen(buf) + 1;
return len
> +}
> +
> +static ssize_t led_device_name_store(struct device *dev,
> +				     struct device_attribute *attr,
> +				     const char *buf, size_t size)
> +{
> +	struct led_classdev *led_cdev = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
> +	struct led_netdev_data *trigger_data = led_cdev->trigger_data;
> +
> +	if (size < 0 || size >= IFNAMSIZ)
Size can not be less then zero.
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +
> +	write_lock(&trigger_data->lock);
> +
> +	strcpy(trigger_data->device_name, buf);
> +	if (size > 0 && trigger_data->device_name[size-1] == '\n')
> +		trigger_data->device_name[size-1] = 0;
> +
> +	if (trigger_data->device_name[0] != 0) {
> +		/* check for existing device to update from */
> +		struct net_device *dev =
> +			dev_get_by_name(&init_net, trigger_data->device_name);
> +		if (dev != NULL) {
> +			unsigned int flags = dev_get_flags(dev);
> +			trigger_data->net_dev = dev;
If trigger_data->net_dev is already you have to put it, otherwise you'll leak an
reference. And you should update trigger_data->net_dev even if the new device does
not exists.

> +			trigger_data->link_up = (flags & IFF_LOWER_UP) != 0;
> +		}
else trigger_data->linkup = false;

> +		/* updates LEDs, may start timers */
> +		set_baseline_state(trigger_data);
> +	}
You should also unset trigger_dat->net_dev and update the led status if the device
name is empty.

I suggest to rewrite it like this:
if (net_dev)
	dev_put(net_dev)
dev = NULL
if (*device_name)
	dev = dev_get_by_name(...)
if (dev != NULL)
	linkup = dev_get_flags ...
else
	linkup = false
net_dev = dev
> +
> +	write_unlock(&trigger_data->lock);
> +	return size;
> +}
> +
> +static DEVICE_ATTR(device_name, 0644,
> +		   led_device_name_show, led_device_name_store);
> +
> +static ssize_t led_mode_show(struct device *dev,
> +			     struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
> +{
> +	struct led_classdev *led_cdev = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
> +	struct led_netdev_data *trigger_data = led_cdev->trigger_data;
> +
> +	read_lock(&trigger_data->lock);
> +
> +	if (trigger_data->mode == 0) {
> +		strcpy(buf, "none\n");
> +	} else {
> +		if (trigger_data->mode & MODE_LINK)
> +			strcat(buf, "link ");
> +		if (trigger_data->mode & MODE_TX)
> +			strcat(buf, "tx ");
> +		if (trigger_data->mode & MODE_RX)
> +			strcat(buf, "rx ");
> +		strcat(buf, "\n");
> +	}
> +
> +	read_unlock(&trigger_data->lock);
> +
> +	return strlen(buf)+1;

You should already know the length. Maybe using len += sprintf(buf+len, "...") is a
better idea for appending the strings.

> +}
> +
> +static ssize_t led_mode_store(struct device *dev,
> +			      struct device_attribute *attr,
> +			      const char *buf, size_t size)
> +{
> +	struct led_classdev *led_cdev = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
> +	struct led_netdev_data *trigger_data = led_cdev->trigger_data;
> +	char copybuf[32];
> +	int new_mode = -1;
> +	char *p, *token;
> +
> +	/* take a copy since we don't want to trash the inbound buffer
> +	   when using strsep */
> +	strncpy(copybuf, buf, sizeof(copybuf));
> +	copybuf[sizeof(copybuf) - 1] = '\0';
> +	p = copybuf;
> +
> +	while ((token = strsep(&p, " \t\n")) != NULL) {
> +		if (!*token)
> +			continue;
> +
> +		if (new_mode == -1)
> +			new_mode = 0;
> +
> +		if (!strcmp(token, "none"))
> +			new_mode = 0;
> +		else if (!strcmp(token, "tx"))
> +			new_mode |= MODE_TX;
> +		else if (!strcmp(token, "rx"))
> +			new_mode |= MODE_RX;
> +		else if (!strcmp(token, "link"))
> +			new_mode |= MODE_LINK;
> +		else
> +			return -EINVAL;
> +	}
> +
> +	if (new_mode == -1)
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +
> +	write_lock(&trigger_data->lock);
> +	trigger_data->mode = new_mode;
> +	set_baseline_state(trigger_data);
> +	write_unlock(&trigger_data->lock);
> +
> +	return size;
> +}
> +
> +static DEVICE_ATTR(mode, 0644, led_mode_show, led_mode_store);
> +
> +static ssize_t led_interval_show(struct device *dev,
> +				 struct device_attribute *attr,
> +				 char *buf)
> +{
> +	struct led_classdev *led_cdev = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
> +	struct led_netdev_data *trigger_data = led_cdev->trigger_data;
> +
> +	read_lock(&trigger_data->lock);
> +	sprintf(buf, "%u\n", jiffies_to_msecs(trigger_data->interval));
> +	read_unlock(&trigger_data->lock);
I don't think you need to take the lock here.

> +
> +	return strlen(buf) + 1;
> +}
> +
> +static ssize_t led_interval_store(struct device *dev,
> +				  struct device_attribute *attr,
> +				  const char *buf, size_t size)
> +{
> +	struct led_classdev *led_cdev = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
> +	struct led_netdev_data *trigger_data = led_cdev->trigger_data;
> +	int ret = -EINVAL;
> +	char *after;
> +	unsigned long value = simple_strtoul(buf, &after, 10);

strict_strtoul

> +	size_t count = after - buf;
> +
> +	if (*after && isspace(*after))
> +		count++;
> +
> +	/* impose some basic bounds on the timer interval */
> +	if (count == size && value >= 5 && value <= 10000) {
> +		write_lock(&trigger_data->lock);
> +		trigger_data->interval = msecs_to_jiffies(value);
> +		set_baseline_state(trigger_data);	/* resets timer */
> +		write_unlock(&trigger_data->lock);
> +		ret = count;
> +	}
> +
> +	return ret;
> +}
> +
> +static DEVICE_ATTR(interval, 0644, led_interval_show, led_interval_store);
> +
> +static int netdev_trig_notify(struct notifier_block *nb,
> +			      unsigned long evt,
> +			      void *dv)
> +{
> +	struct net_device *dev = dv;
> +	struct led_netdev_data *trigger_data =
> +		container_of(nb, struct led_netdev_data, notifier);
> +
> +	if (evt != NETDEV_UP && evt != NETDEV_DOWN && evt != NETDEV_CHANGE &&
> +	    evt != NETDEV_REGISTER && evt != NETDEV_UNREGISTER)
> +		return NOTIFY_DONE;
> +
> +	write_lock(&trigger_data->lock);
> +
> +	if (strcmp(dev->name, trigger_data->device_name))
> +		goto done;
> +
> +	if (evt == NETDEV_REGISTER) {
> +		if (trigger_data->net_dev != NULL)
> +			dev_put(trigger_data->net_dev);
> +		dev_hold(dev);
> +		trigger_data->net_dev = dev;
> +		trigger_data->link_up = 0;
> +		goto done;
> +	}
> +
> +	if (evt == NETDEV_UNREGISTER && trigger_data->net_dev != NULL) {
> +		dev_put(trigger_data->net_dev);
> +		trigger_data->net_dev = NULL;
> +		goto done;
> +	}
> +
> +	/* UP / DOWN / CHANGE */
> +
> +	trigger_data->link_up = (evt != NETDEV_DOWN && netif_carrier_ok(dev));
> +	set_baseline_state(trigger_data);

Maybe use an switch-case block here instead of gotos.

> +
> +done:
> +	write_unlock(&trigger_data->lock);
> +	return NOTIFY_DONE;
> +}
> +
> +/* here's the real work! */
> +static void netdev_trig_timer(unsigned long arg)
> +{
> +	struct led_netdev_data *trigger_data = (struct led_netdev_data *)arg;
> +	struct rtnl_link_stats64 temp;
> +	const struct rtnl_link_stats64 *dev_stats;
> +	unsigned new_activity;
> +
> +	write_lock(&trigger_data->lock);
> +
> +	if (!trigger_data->link_up || !trigger_data->net_dev ||
> +	    (trigger_data->mode & (MODE_TX | MODE_RX)) == 0) {
> +		/* we don't need to do timer work, just reflect link state. */
> +		int on = (trigger_data->mode & MODE_LINK) != 0 &&
> +			trigger_data->link_up;
> +		led_set_brightness(trigger_data->led_cdev,
> +				   on ? LED_FULL : LED_OFF);
> +		goto no_restart;
> +	}
> +
> +	dev_stats = dev_get_stats(trigger_data->net_dev, &temp);
> +
> +	new_activity =
> +		((trigger_data->mode & MODE_TX) ? dev_stats->tx_packets : 0) +
> +		((trigger_data->mode & MODE_RX) ? dev_stats->rx_packets : 0);
> +
> +	if (trigger_data->mode & MODE_LINK) {
> +		/* base state is ON (link present) */
> +		/* if there's no link, we don't get this far
> +		   and the LED is off */
> +
> +		/* OFF -> ON always */
> +		/* ON -> OFF on activity */
> +		if (trigger_data->led_cdev->brightness == LED_OFF)
> +			led_set_brightness(trigger_data->led_cdev, LED_FULL);
> +		else if (trigger_data->last_activity != new_activity)
> +			led_set_brightness(trigger_data->led_cdev, LED_OFF);
> +	} else {
> +		/* base state is OFF */
> +		/* ON -> OFF always */
> +		/* OFF -> ON on activity */
> +		if (trigger_data->led_cdev->brightness == LED_FULL)
> +			led_set_brightness(trigger_data->led_cdev, LED_OFF);
> +		else if (trigger_data->last_activity != new_activity)
> +			led_set_brightness(trigger_data->led_cdev, LED_FULL);
> +	}
> +
> +	trigger_data->last_activity = new_activity;
> +	mod_timer(&trigger_data->timer, jiffies + trigger_data->interval);
> +
> +no_restart:
> +	write_unlock(&trigger_data->lock);
> +}
> +
> +static void netdev_trig_activate(struct led_classdev *led_cdev)
> +{
> +	struct led_netdev_data *trigger_data;
> +	int rc;
> +
> +	trigger_data = kzalloc(sizeof(struct led_netdev_data), GFP_KERNEL);
> +	if (!trigger_data)
> +		return;
> +
> +	rwlock_init(&trigger_data->lock);
> +
> +	trigger_data->notifier.notifier_call = netdev_trig_notify;
> +	trigger_data->notifier.priority = 10;
> +
> +	setup_timer(&trigger_data->timer, netdev_trig_timer,
> +		    (unsigned long) trigger_data);
> +
> +	trigger_data->led_cdev = led_cdev;
> +	trigger_data->net_dev = NULL;
> +	trigger_data->device_name[0] = 0;
Since you are using kzalloc the fields are already initalized with '0', no need to do
it again.

> +
> +	trigger_data->mode = 0;
> +	trigger_data->interval = msecs_to_jiffies(50);
> +	trigger_data->link_up = 0;
> +	trigger_data->last_activity = 0;
> +
> +	led_cdev->trigger_data = trigger_data;
> +
> +	rc = device_create_file(led_cdev->dev, &dev_attr_device_name);
> +	if (rc)
> +		goto err_out;
> +	rc = device_create_file(led_cdev->dev, &dev_attr_mode);
> +	if (rc)
> +		goto err_out_device_name;
> +	rc = device_create_file(led_cdev->dev, &dev_attr_interval);
> +	if (rc)
> +		goto err_out_mode;
> +
> +	register_netdevice_notifier(&trigger_data->notifier);
You should check the return value of register_netdevice_notifier.

> +	return;
> +
> +err_out_mode:
> +	device_remove_file(led_cdev->dev, &dev_attr_mode);
> +err_out_device_name:
> +	device_remove_file(led_cdev->dev, &dev_attr_device_name);
> +err_out:
> +	led_cdev->trigger_data = NULL;
> +	kfree(trigger_data);
> +}
> +
> +static void netdev_trig_deactivate(struct led_classdev *led_cdev)
> +{
> +	struct led_netdev_data *trigger_data = led_cdev->trigger_data;
> +
> +	if (trigger_data) {
> +		unregister_netdevice_notifier(&trigger_data->notifier);
> +
> +		device_remove_file(led_cdev->dev, &dev_attr_device_name);
> +		device_remove_file(led_cdev->dev, &dev_attr_mode);
> +		device_remove_file(led_cdev->dev, &dev_attr_interval);
> +
> +		write_lock(&trigger_data->lock);
> +
> +		if (trigger_data->net_dev) {
> +			dev_put(trigger_data->net_dev);
> +			trigger_data->net_dev = NULL;
> +		}
> +
> +		write_unlock(&trigger_data->lock);
> +
> +		del_timer_sync(&trigger_data->timer);
It is a good idea to stop the timer before putting the net dev. You won't have to
take the lock then nor need to assign NULL to net_dev.
> +
> +		kfree(trigger_data);
> +	}
> +}
> +
> +static struct led_trigger netdev_led_trigger = {
> +	.name	  = "netdev",
> +	.activate = netdev_trig_activate,
> +	.deactivate = netdev_trig_deactivate,
> +};
> +
> +static int __init netdev_trig_init(void)
> +{
> +	return led_trigger_register(&netdev_led_trigger);
> +}
> +
> +static void __exit netdev_trig_exit(void)
> +{
> +	led_trigger_unregister(&netdev_led_trigger);
> +}
> +
> +module_init(netdev_trig_init);
> +module_exit(netdev_trig_exit);
module_{init,exit} should go right beneath the function they refer to.
> +
> +MODULE_AUTHOR("Oliver Jowett <oliver@opencloud.com>");
> +MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Netdev LED trigger");
> +MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");


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* Re: [PATCH] add netdev led trigger
  2010-11-14 20:58 [PATCH] add netdev led trigger Eric Cooper
  2010-11-15 23:41 ` Lars-Peter Clausen
@ 2010-11-17 11:05 ` Pavel Machek
  2010-11-17 16:09   ` Greg KH
  1 sibling, 1 reply; 11+ messages in thread
From: Pavel Machek @ 2010-11-17 11:05 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Eric Cooper; +Cc: linux-kernel, Richard Purdie, Greg KH

Hi!

> Add a netdev LED trigger for all Blinkenlights lovers...
> Originally taken from https://dev.openwrt.org/ticket/2776
> Slightly updated for 2.6.24 by Mickey Lauer <mickey@openmoko.org>
> and for 2.6.36 by Eric Cooper <ecc@cmu.edu>

Nice!

> +/*
> + * Configurable sysfs attributes:
> + *
> + * device_name - network device name to monitor
> + *
> + * interval - duration of LED blink, in milliseconds

This needs to go to Doc/ somewhere.

> + * mode - either "none" (LED is off) or a space separated list
> + * of one or more of:
> + *   link: LED's normal state reflects whether the link is up (has carrier)
> + *         or not
> + *   tx:   LED blinks on transmitted data
> + *   rx:   LED blinks on receive data
> + *
> + * Some suggestions:
> + *
> + *  Simple link status LED:
> + *  $ echo netdev >someled/trigger
> + *  $ echo eth0 >someled/device_name
> + *  $ echo link >someled/mode
> + *
> + *  Ethernet-style link/activity LED:
> + *  $ echo netdev >someled/trigger
> + *  $ echo eth0 >someled/device_name
> + *  $ echo "link tx rx" >someled/mode

One value per file?

-- 
(english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek
(cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html

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* Re: [PATCH] add netdev led trigger
  2010-11-17 11:05 ` Pavel Machek
@ 2010-11-17 16:09   ` Greg KH
  2010-11-17 19:58     ` Pavel Machek
  2010-11-21 20:53     ` Eric Cooper
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 11+ messages in thread
From: Greg KH @ 2010-11-17 16:09 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Pavel Machek; +Cc: Eric Cooper, linux-kernel, Richard Purdie

On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 12:05:16PM +0100, Pavel Machek wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> > Add a netdev LED trigger for all Blinkenlights lovers...
> > Originally taken from https://dev.openwrt.org/ticket/2776
> > Slightly updated for 2.6.24 by Mickey Lauer <mickey@openmoko.org>
> > and for 2.6.36 by Eric Cooper <ecc@cmu.edu>
> 
> Nice!
> 
> > +/*
> > + * Configurable sysfs attributes:
> > + *
> > + * device_name - network device name to monitor
> > + *
> > + * interval - duration of LED blink, in milliseconds
> 
> This needs to go to Doc/ somewhere.

Documentation/ABI is the correct place for it.

thanks,

greg k-h

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* Re: [PATCH] add netdev led trigger
  2010-11-17 16:09   ` Greg KH
@ 2010-11-17 19:58     ` Pavel Machek
  2010-11-17 20:01       ` Greg KH
  2010-11-17 20:06       ` Eric Cooper
  2010-11-21 20:53     ` Eric Cooper
  1 sibling, 2 replies; 11+ messages in thread
From: Pavel Machek @ 2010-11-17 19:58 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Greg KH; +Cc: Eric Cooper, linux-kernel, Richard Purdie

Hi!

> > > Add a netdev LED trigger for all Blinkenlights lovers...
> > > Originally taken from https://dev.openwrt.org/ticket/2776
> > > Slightly updated for 2.6.24 by Mickey Lauer <mickey@openmoko.org>
> > > and for 2.6.36 by Eric Cooper <ecc@cmu.edu>
> > 
> > Nice!
> > 
> > > +/*
> > > + * Configurable sysfs attributes:
> > > + *
> > > + * device_name - network device name to monitor
> > > + *
> > > + * interval - duration of LED blink, in milliseconds
> > 
> > This needs to go to Doc/ somewhere.
> 
> Documentation/ABI is the correct place for it.

I was hoping you'd comment on the ABI itself, too. It uses 

echo "foo bar baz" > file

to enable/disable specific events to be "displayed". More traditional
interface would be 

echo disable > file_foo

...
								Pavel
-- 
(english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek
(cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html

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* Re: [PATCH] add netdev led trigger
  2010-11-17 19:58     ` Pavel Machek
@ 2010-11-17 20:01       ` Greg KH
  2010-11-17 20:06       ` Eric Cooper
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 11+ messages in thread
From: Greg KH @ 2010-11-17 20:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Pavel Machek; +Cc: Eric Cooper, linux-kernel, Richard Purdie

On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 08:58:43PM +0100, Pavel Machek wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> > > > Add a netdev LED trigger for all Blinkenlights lovers...
> > > > Originally taken from https://dev.openwrt.org/ticket/2776
> > > > Slightly updated for 2.6.24 by Mickey Lauer <mickey@openmoko.org>
> > > > and for 2.6.36 by Eric Cooper <ecc@cmu.edu>
> > > 
> > > Nice!
> > > 
> > > > +/*
> > > > + * Configurable sysfs attributes:
> > > > + *
> > > > + * device_name - network device name to monitor
> > > > + *
> > > > + * interval - duration of LED blink, in milliseconds
> > > 
> > > This needs to go to Doc/ somewhere.
> > 
> > Documentation/ABI is the correct place for it.
> 
> I was hoping you'd comment on the ABI itself, too. It uses 
> 
> echo "foo bar baz" > file
> 
> to enable/disable specific events to be "displayed". More traditional
> interface would be 
> 
> echo disable > file_foo

Sorry, yes, I missed that.  It would be obvious that the api was
incorrect once it was documented in the correct format :)

thanks,

greg k-h

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* Re: [PATCH] add netdev led trigger
  2010-11-17 19:58     ` Pavel Machek
  2010-11-17 20:01       ` Greg KH
@ 2010-11-17 20:06       ` Eric Cooper
  2010-11-30 19:20         ` Pavel Machek
  1 sibling, 1 reply; 11+ messages in thread
From: Eric Cooper @ 2010-11-17 20:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-kernel

On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 08:58:43PM +0100, Pavel Machek wrote:
> I was hoping you'd comment on the ABI itself, too. It uses 
> 
> echo "foo bar baz" > file
> 
> to enable/disable specific events to be "displayed". More traditional
> interface would be 
> 
> echo disable > file_foo

The main arguments for using the single "mode" file are:
1. that's how it was implemented for OpenWrt, and there's a fair
   amount of userland (web admin tools, etc.) that groks it
2. it's only specifying a set of three possible values -- separate
   files seem like overkill

-- 
Eric Cooper             e c c @ c m u . e d u

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* Re: [PATCH] add netdev led trigger
  2010-11-17 16:09   ` Greg KH
  2010-11-17 19:58     ` Pavel Machek
@ 2010-11-21 20:53     ` Eric Cooper
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 11+ messages in thread
From: Eric Cooper @ 2010-11-21 20:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-kernel

On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 08:09:19AM -0800, Greg KH wrote:
> Documentation/ABI is the correct place for it.

Should I just add descriptions of the additional attributes to the end
of the existing Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-led file?  If
so, how should I indicate that these attributes pertain only when the
ledtrig-netdev trigger is in use?

Or should I create a file specific to this trigger, and if so, what
should it be named?

-- 
Eric Cooper             e c c @ c m u . e d u

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* Re: [PATCH] add netdev led trigger
  2010-11-17 20:06       ` Eric Cooper
@ 2010-11-30 19:20         ` Pavel Machek
  2010-11-30 23:22           ` Eric Cooper
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 11+ messages in thread
From: Pavel Machek @ 2010-11-30 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-kernel; +Cc: ecc


Please preserve cc lists.

> > I was hoping you'd comment on the ABI itself, too. It uses 
> > 
> > echo "foo bar baz" > file
> > 
> > to enable/disable specific events to be "displayed". More traditional
> > interface would be 
> > 
> > echo disable > file_foo
> 
> The main arguments for using the single "mode" file are:
> 1. that's how it was implemented for OpenWrt, and there's a fair
>    amount of userland (web admin tools, etc.) that groks it

That's not good reason...

> 2. it's only specifying a set of three possible values -- separate
>    files seem like overkill

Does it? AFAICT it allowed any combination of 3 -- IOW 2^3 values.

Please be consistent with rest of kernel...
								Pavel
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* Re: [PATCH] add netdev led trigger
  2010-11-30 19:20         ` Pavel Machek
@ 2010-11-30 23:22           ` Eric Cooper
  2010-12-01 19:56             ` Pavel Machek
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 11+ messages in thread
From: Eric Cooper @ 2010-11-30 23:22 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Pavel Machek; +Cc: linux-kernel, linux-doc

> Please be consistent with rest of kernel...

There seem to be several ways this is done in existing sysfs drivers,
and most aren't documented yet in Documentation/ABI.

1. "0" and "1"
2. "enable" and "disable"
3. "enabled" and "disabled"
4. "enable" and "disable" when writing, but "enabled" and "disabled"
    when read back

Some require trailing "\n", others make it optional.

Which is the One True Way?

-- 
Eric Cooper             e c c @ c m u . e d u

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* Re: [PATCH] add netdev led trigger
  2010-11-30 23:22           ` Eric Cooper
@ 2010-12-01 19:56             ` Pavel Machek
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 11+ messages in thread
From: Pavel Machek @ 2010-12-01 19:56 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-kernel, linux-doc, gregkh

Hi!

> > Please be consistent with rest of kernel...
> 
> There seem to be several ways this is done in existing sysfs drivers,
> and most aren't documented yet in Documentation/ABI.

Greg is official sysfs maintainer.

> 1. "0" and "1"

This should do the trick.

> 2. "enable" and "disable"
> 3. "enabled" and "disabled"
> 4. "enable" and "disable" when writing, but "enabled" and "disabled"
>     when read back
> 
> Some require trailing "\n", others make it optional.
> 
> Which is the One True Way?
									Pavel

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2010-11-17 19:58     ` Pavel Machek
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