Re: [PATCH v4 5/9] iio: accel: bma400: Add separate channel for step counter

[Jagath Jog J]

Hi Andy,

On Wed, Apr 27, 2022 at 6:04 PM Andy Shevchenko
<andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 11:11 PM Jagath Jog J <jagathjog1996@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Added channel for step counter which can be enable or disable
> > through the sysfs interface.
>
> ...
>
> > +static int bma400_enable_steps(struct bma400_data *data, int val)
> > +{
> > +       int ret;
> > +
> > +       if (data->steps_enabled == val)
> > +               return 0;
> > +
> > +       ret = regmap_update_bits(data->regmap, BMA400_INT_CONFIG1_REG,
> > +                                BMA400_STEP_INT_MSK,
> > +                                FIELD_PREP(BMA400_STEP_INT_MSK, !!val));
>
> > +       data->steps_enabled = val;
>
> This will update the value even if we got an error and actual device
> state is unknown here. Does this make sense?

I will correct this in the next series.

>
> > +       return ret;
> > +}
>
> ...
>
> I perhaps missed why kmalloc() is needed now. Any pointers to the discussion?

Here step is a 24-bit value and since this is a sysfs channel read (slow path),
kmalloc() is used to make the buffer DMA safe to read the multibyte value
using regmap_bulk_read().

>
> --
> With Best Regards,
> Andy Shevchenko

Thank you,
Jagath