From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B19D9C433F5 for ; Wed, 24 Nov 2021 07:27:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S241010AbhKXHan (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Nov 2021 02:30:43 -0500 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:39174 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S229745AbhKXHad (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Nov 2021 02:30:33 -0500 Received: from metis.ext.pengutronix.de (metis.ext.pengutronix.de [IPv6:2001:67c:670:201:290:27ff:fe1d:cc33]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 777E4C061574 for ; Tue, 23 Nov 2021 23:27:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from ptx.hi.pengutronix.de ([2001:67c:670:100:1d::c0]) by metis.ext.pengutronix.de with esmtps (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1mpmgb-00062s-Fj; Wed, 24 Nov 2021 08:27:21 +0100 Received: from ore by ptx.hi.pengutronix.de with local (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1mpmga-0004X2-OY; Wed, 24 Nov 2021 08:27:20 +0100 Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2021 08:27:20 +0100 From: Oleksij Rempel To: William Breathitt Gray Cc: linux-iio@vger.kernel.org, Robin van der Gracht , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Pengutronix Kernel Team , David Jander , Jonathan Cameron Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] counter: interrupt-cnt: add counter_push_event() Message-ID: <20211124072720.GA30281@pengutronix.de> References: <20211123134540.416695-1-o.rempel@pengutronix.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Sent-From: Pengutronix Hildesheim X-URL: http://www.pengutronix.de/ X-IRC: #ptxdist @freenode X-Accept-Language: de,en X-Accept-Content-Type: text/plain X-Uptime: 08:21:27 up 279 days, 10:45, 125 users, load average: 0.09, 0.15, 0.16 User-Agent: Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13) X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 2001:67c:670:100:1d::c0 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: ore@pengutronix.de X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No (on metis.ext.pengutronix.de); SAEximRunCond expanded to false X-PTX-Original-Recipient: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi William, On Wed, Nov 24, 2021 at 03:09:05PM +0900, William Breathitt Gray wrote: > On Tue, Nov 23, 2021 at 02:45:40PM +0100, Oleksij Rempel wrote: > > Add counter_push_event() to notify user space about new pulses > > > > Signed-off-by: Oleksij Rempel > > --- > > drivers/counter/interrupt-cnt.c | 2 ++ > > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) > > > > diff --git a/drivers/counter/interrupt-cnt.c b/drivers/counter/interrupt-cnt.c > > index 8514a87fcbee..b237137b552b 100644 > > --- a/drivers/counter/interrupt-cnt.c > > +++ b/drivers/counter/interrupt-cnt.c > > @@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ static irqreturn_t interrupt_cnt_isr(int irq, void *dev_id) > > > > atomic_inc(&priv->count); > > > > + counter_push_event(&priv->counter, COUNTER_EVENT_OVERFLOW, 0); > > + > > return IRQ_HANDLED; > > } > > > > -- > > 2.30.2 > > Hi Oleksij, > > It looks like this is pushing a COUNTER_EVENT_OVERFLOW event every time > an interrupt is handled, which I suspect is not what you want to happen. > The COUNTER_EVENT_OVERFLOW event indicates a count value overflow event, > so you'll need to check for a count value overflow before pushing the > event. > > It would be good idea to implement a ceiling extension as well (you can > use the COUNTER_COMP_CEILING() macro) so that users can configure the > particular point where the value overflows. Thank you! What would be the best and resource effective strategy for periodically getting frequency of interrupts/pulses? This is actual information which is needed for my use case. So far, I was pushing every event to the user space, which is working but probably not the most resource effective method of doing it. Regards, Oleskij -- Pengutronix e.K. | | Steuerwalder Str. 21 | http://www.pengutronix.de/ | 31137 Hildesheim, Germany | Phone: +49-5121-206917-0 | Amtsgericht Hildesheim, HRA 2686 | Fax: +49-5121-206917-5555 |