Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [v7,03/10] docs: Add Generic Counter interface documentation | From | David Lechner <> | Date | Mon, 2 Jul 2018 14:37:53 -0500 |
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On 06/21/2018 04:07 PM, William Breathitt Gray wrote: > +Userspace Interface > +=================== > + > +Several sysfs attributes are generated by the Generic Counter interface, > +and reside under the /sys/bus/counter/devices/counterX directory, where > +counterX refers to the respective counter device. Please see > +Documentation/ABI/testing/sys-bus-counter-generic-sysfs for detailed > +information on each Generic Counter interface sysfs attribute. > + > +Through these sysfs attributes, programs and scripts may interact with > +the Generic Counter paradigm Counts, Signals, and Synapses of respective > +counter devices. > +
Have you considered a character device in addition to the sysfs interface?
I basically have many of the same concerns that resulted in a char dev for gpio[1].
- With sysfs, you *can* technically poll for events, but then you have to seek and read or re-open the file. - File permissions are annoying if you want a non root user to be able to use the device. - A single program can't claim exclusive access to a device. - There is no automatic cleanup if a userspace program accessing the device crashes.
[1]: https://www.elinux.org/images/7/74/Elce2017_new_GPIO_interface.pdf
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