Re: [RFC PATCH v2 2/7] iio: core: Introduce IIO_ACTIVITY channel and TRANSITION event

From: Jonathan Cameron
Date: Sat Oct 25 2014 - 15:28:38 EST


On 25/10/14 20:19, Daniel Baluta wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 25, 2014 at 10:01 PM, Jonathan Cameron <jic23@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On 09/10/14 13:39, Daniel Baluta wrote:
>>> This channel will be used for exposing information about
>>> activity composite sensors. Activities supported so far:
>>> * running
>>> * jogging
>>> * walking
>>> * still
>>>
>>> TRANSITION event is used to signal a change in the activity
>>> state.
>>>
>>> We associate a confidence interval for each activity expressed
>>> as a percentage from 0 to 100.
>>> * 0, means the sensor IS NOT reporting that activity.
>>> * 100, means the sensor IS reporting that activity.
>>>
>>> Users of this interface have two possibile means to gather
>>> information about the ongoing activities.
>>>
>>> 1. Event based, via event file descriptor
>>> * sensor may report an event when ENTERING an activity or LEAVING
>>> an activity based on a threshold value.
>>> * drivers will wake up applications waiting data on the event fd
>>>
>>> 2. Polling, by reading the sysfs associated attribute files:
>>> * /sys/bus/iio/devices/iio:device0/in_activity_running_input
>>> expressed as percentage confidence value from 0 to 100.
>>>
>>> This will offer an interface for Android significant motion
>>> composite sensor defined here:
>>> http://source.android.com/devices/sensors/composite_sensors.html
>>>
>>> Activities listed above are supported by Freescale's MMA9553 sensor:
>>> http://freescale.com/files/sensors/doc/ref_manual/MMA9553LSWRM.pdf
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Irina Tirdea <irina.tirdea@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> Signed-off-by: Daniel Baluta <daniel.baluta@xxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> I don't see why we need the transition event. A transition is simply
>> a threshold rising (or falling) event much like any other - just
>> on a confidence interval.
>>
>> So it would be possible to be interested in the confidence that are not
>> sitting rising above 20% on the basis that some other sensor needs enabling.
>>
>
> Using a THRESHOLD event type also work for us.
>
>> See below for resulting suggestions.
>>
>> Other than that little point this looks good to me.
>>> ---
>>> Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio | 44 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>> drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c | 5 ++++
>>> drivers/iio/industrialio-event.c | 1 +
>>> include/linux/iio/types.h | 8 +++++-
>>> 4 files changed, 57 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio
>>> index d760b02..12d0385 100644
>>> --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio
>>> +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio
>>> @@ -776,6 +776,40 @@ Description:
>>> met before an event is generated. If direction is not
>>> specified then this period applies to both directions.
>>>
>>> +What: /sys/.../events/in_activity_still_transition_rising_en
>> What: /sys/.../events/in_activity_threshold_rising_en
>
> Shouldn't this be:
>
> What: /sys/.../events/in_activity_still_threshold_rising_en ?
>
> Perhaps, one needs to enable events per activity type.
Absolutely.
>
>>> +What: /sys/.../events/in_activity_still_transition_falling_en
>> What: /sys/.../events/in_activity_threshold_falling_en
> Also, here:
>
> What: /sys/.../events/in_activity_still_threshold_falling_en
>
>> etc
>>> +What: /sys/.../events/in_activity_walking_transition_rising_en
>>> +What: /sys/.../events/in_activity_walking_transition_falling_en
>>> +What: /sys/.../events/in_activity_jogging_transition_rising_en
>>> +What: /sys/.../events/in_activity_jogging_transition_falling_en
>>> +What: /sys/.../events/in_activity_running_transition_rising_en
>>> +What: /sys/.../events/in_activity_running_transition_falling_en
>>> +KernelVersion: 3.19
>>> +Contact: linux-iio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> +Description:
>>> + Enables or disables activitity events. Depending on direction
>>> + an event is generated when sensor ENTERS or LEAVES a given state.
>>> +
>>> +What: /sys/.../events/in_activity_still_transition_rising_value
>> What: /sys/.../events/in_activity_still_threshold_rising_value etc
>
> This looks good to me :)
>
>>> +What: /sys/.../events/in_activity_still_transition_falling_value
>>> +What: /sys/.../events/in_activity_walking_transition_rising_value
>>> +What: /sys/.../events/in_activity_walking_transition_falling_value
>>> +What: /sys/.../events/in_activity_jogging_transition_rising_value
>>> +What: /sys/.../events/in_activity_jogging_transition_falling_value
>>> +What: /sys/.../events/in_activity_running_transition_rising_value
>>> +What: /sys/.../events/in_activity_running_transition_falling_value
>>> +KernelVersion: 3.19
>>> +Contact: linux-iio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> +Description:
>>> + Confidence value (in units as percentage) to be used
>>> + for deciding when an event should be generated. E.g for
>>> + running: If the confidence value reported by the sensor
>>> + is greater then in_activity_running_transition_rising_value
>>> + then the sensor ENTERS running state. Conversely, if the
>>> + confidence value reported by the sensor is lower than
>>> + in_activity_running_transition_rising_value then the sensor
>>> + is LEAVING running state.
>>> +
>>> What: /sys/.../iio:deviceX/events/in_accel_mag_en
>>> What: /sys/.../iio:deviceX/events/in_accel_mag_rising_en
>>> What: /sys/.../iio:deviceX/events/in_accel_mag_falling_en
>>> @@ -942,6 +976,16 @@ Description:
>>> and the relevant _type attributes to establish the data storage
>>> format.
>>>
>>> +What: /sys/.../iio:deviceX/in_activity_still_input
>>> +What: /sys/.../iio:deviceX/in_activity_walking_input
>>> +What: /sys/.../iio:deviceX/in_activity_jogging_input
>>> +What: /sys/.../iio:deviceX/in_activity_running_input
>>> +KernelVersion: 3.19
>>> +Contact: linux-iio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> +Description:
>>> + This attribute is used to read the confidence for an activity
>>> + expressed in units as percentage.
>>> +
>>> What: /sys/.../iio:deviceX/in_anglvel_z_quadrature_correction_raw
>>> KernelVersion: 2.6.38
>>> Contact: linux-iio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> diff --git a/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c b/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
>>> index af3e76d..e453ef9 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
>>> @@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ static const char * const iio_chan_type_name_spec[] = {
>>> [IIO_CCT] = "cct",
>>> [IIO_PRESSURE] = "pressure",
>>> [IIO_HUMIDITYRELATIVE] = "humidityrelative",
>>> + [IIO_ACTIVITY] = "activity",
>>> };
>>>
>>> static const char * const iio_modifier_names[] = {
>>> @@ -91,6 +92,10 @@ static const char * const iio_modifier_names[] = {
>>> [IIO_MOD_NORTH_TRUE] = "from_north_true",
>>> [IIO_MOD_NORTH_MAGN_TILT_COMP] = "from_north_magnetic_tilt_comp",
>>> [IIO_MOD_NORTH_TRUE_TILT_COMP] = "from_north_true_tilt_comp",
>>> + [IIO_MOD_RUNNING] = "running",
>>> + [IIO_MOD_JOGGING] = "jogging",
>>> + [IIO_MOD_WALKING] = "walking",
>>> + [IIO_MOD_STILL] = "still",
>>> };
>>>
>>> /* relies on pairs of these shared then separate */
>>> diff --git a/drivers/iio/industrialio-event.c b/drivers/iio/industrialio-event.c
>>> index 0c1e37e..afcf154 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/iio/industrialio-event.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/iio/industrialio-event.c
>>> @@ -197,6 +197,7 @@ static const char * const iio_ev_type_text[] = {
>>> [IIO_EV_TYPE_ROC] = "roc",
>>> [IIO_EV_TYPE_THRESH_ADAPTIVE] = "thresh_adaptive",
>>> [IIO_EV_TYPE_MAG_ADAPTIVE] = "mag_adaptive",
>>> + [IIO_EV_TYPE_TRANSITION] = "transition",
>>> };
>>>
>>> static const char * const iio_ev_dir_text[] = {
>>> diff --git a/include/linux/iio/types.h b/include/linux/iio/types.h
>>> index 4a2af8a..a08ee6c 100644
>>> --- a/include/linux/iio/types.h
>>> +++ b/include/linux/iio/types.h
>>> @@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ enum iio_chan_type {
>>> IIO_CCT,
>>> IIO_PRESSURE,
>>> IIO_HUMIDITYRELATIVE,
>>> + IIO_ACTIVITY,
>>> };
>>>
>>> enum iio_modifier {
>>> @@ -59,7 +60,11 @@ enum iio_modifier {
>>> IIO_MOD_NORTH_MAGN,
>>> IIO_MOD_NORTH_TRUE,
>>> IIO_MOD_NORTH_MAGN_TILT_COMP,
>>> - IIO_MOD_NORTH_TRUE_TILT_COMP
>>> + IIO_MOD_NORTH_TRUE_TILT_COMP,
>>> + IIO_MOD_RUNNING,
>>> + IIO_MOD_JOGGING,
>>> + IIO_MOD_WALKING,
>>> + IIO_MOD_STILL,
>>> };
>>>
>>> enum iio_event_type {
>>> @@ -68,6 +73,7 @@ enum iio_event_type {
>>> IIO_EV_TYPE_ROC,
>>> IIO_EV_TYPE_THRESH_ADAPTIVE,
>>> IIO_EV_TYPE_MAG_ADAPTIVE,
>>> + IIO_EV_TYPE_TRANSITION,
>>> };
>>>
>>> enum iio_event_info {
>>>
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