Re: [PATCH 0/3] iio: light: tcs3472: devm conversion, wait time, locking cleanup

Andy Shevchenko <[email protected]>
Newsgroups dev.linux.lists.linux-kernel-mentees,org.kernel.vger.linux-iio,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel
Organization Intel Finland Oy - BIC 0357606-4 - c/o Alberga Business Park, 6 krs, Bertel Jungin Aukio 5, 02600 Espoo
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On Wed, May 06, 2026 at 11:43:08AM +0200, Aldo Conte wrote:
> This series of changes modernizes the tcs3472 driver by completing the
> devm conversion and updating the locking style to use an automatic
> guard (mutex). Furthermore, it implement control of the WAIT state,
> resolving a TODO.
> 
> Patch1: Converts the driver to use device-managed resource allocation.
> This removes the need for an explicit remove() callback, since cleanup
> is now handled automatically. It also adds a new function called
> tcs3472_powerdown_action() that powers down the chip when the driver is 
> unloaded, removed or when probe fails after the chip has been enabled.
> 
> Patch2: adds support for the wait time resolving the old TODO comment.
> The user can control the WTIME indirectly by writing to the
> sampling_frequency attribute. Changing the sampling
> frequency attribute results in a change to the wtime while preserving
> the current integration time.
> Similarly, if the user has previously set a sampling frequency and
> then changes the integration time, the driver re-computes WTIME so the 
> previous frequency is preserved. The patch also handles the deactivation
> of wtime when the requested frequency is very high, as well as the
> extension of wtime to its maximum values (by enabling the use of WLONG)
> when the requested frequency is very low.
> 
> Patch3: converts the remaining mutex_lock()/mutex_unlock() pairs to
> guard(mutex).
> 
> All patches have been tested on a Raspberry Pi 3B with a TCS3472
> connected to I2C-1 at address 0x29. Sampling frequency and integration
> time changes have been exercised checking the value of WTIME and
> consequently WEN and WLONG. Raw RGBC reads, calibscale, integration_time
> and threshold events continue to work as before.

Thanks for contribution, unfortunately this series needs much more work
and more preparatory patches as well. I have reviewed the current series.
Please, follow and address (or comment why it can't be done as suggested).

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko
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