Re: [PATCH 2/4] hwmon: (asus-ec-sensors) implement locking via the ACPI global lock

[Eugene Shalygin]

On Wed, 30 Mar 2022 at 01:37, Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 3/29/22 15:11, Eugene Shalygin wrote:
> > On Tue, 29 Mar 2022 at 23:23, Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >>> +/* Moniker for the ACPI global lock (':' is not allowed in ASL identifiers) */
> >>> +#define ACPI_GLOBAL_LOCK_PSEUDO_PATH ":GLOBAL_LOCK"
> >>> +
> >>
> >> That needs to be documented.
> >
> > Do you mean a note in the /Documentation/..../...rst or adding details
> > here? There is an additional bit of information on this identifier
> > below, in the ec_board_info struct declaration.
> >
> My understanding was that the user would/could request its use via
> the module parameter, so it needs to be documented in the rst file.
I see now, thank you.

> >>> +     if (!mutex_path || !strlen(mutex_path)) {
> >>
> >> When would mutex_path be NULL ?
> > When it is set to NULL in the board definition struct ec_board_info.
> >
>
> Are there any such board definitions ? I don't recall seeing any.

You are right, there are no such definitions neither in this
submission nor before. I'm messaging with a user who showed a hint
that such boards might exist [1]. We have not confirmed it yet, but I
thought this little test is obvious enough to be put in the code
already.

Best regards,
Eugene

[1] https://github.com/zeule/asus-ec-sensors/issues/19