On Tue, May 30, 2023 at 6:06 PM AngeloGioacchino Del Regno
<angelogioacchino.delregno at collabora.com> wrote:
>
> Il 25/05/23 04:12, Yunfei Dong ha scritto:
> > Getting dbgfs help information with command "echo -help > vdec".
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Yunfei Dong <yunfei.dong at mediatek.com>
> > ---
> > .../mediatek/vcodec/mtk_vcodec_dbgfs.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++++-
> > 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/mediatek/vcodec/mtk_vcodec_dbgfs.c b/drivers/media/platform/mediatek/vcodec/mtk_vcodec_dbgfs.c
> > index 237d0dc8a1fc..2372fc449b45 100644
> > --- a/drivers/media/platform/mediatek/vcodec/mtk_vcodec_dbgfs.c
> > +++ b/drivers/media/platform/mediatek/vcodec/mtk_vcodec_dbgfs.c
> > @@ -52,6 +52,23 @@ static void mtk_vdec_dbgfs_get_format_type(struct mtk_vcodec_ctx *ctx, char *buf
> > *used += curr_len;
> > }
> >
> > +static void mtk_vdec_dbgfs_get_help(char *buf, int *used, int total)
> > +{
> > + int curr_len;
> > +
> > + curr_len = snprintf(buf + *used, total - *used,
> > + "help: (1: echo -'info' > vdec 2: cat vdec)\n");
> > + *used += curr_len;
> > +
> > + curr_len = snprintf(buf + *used, total - *used,
> > + "\t-picinfo: get resolution\n");
> > + *used += curr_len;
> > +
> > + curr_len = snprintf(buf + *used, total - *used,
> > + "\t-format: get output & capture queue format\n");
> > + *used += curr_len;
> > +}
> > +
> > static ssize_t mtk_vdec_dbgfs_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf,
> > size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
> > {
> > @@ -84,6 +101,11 @@ static ssize_t mtk_vdec_dbgfs_read(struct file *filp, char __user *ubuf,
> > if (!buf)
> > return -ENOMEM;
> >
> > + if (strstr(dbgfs->dbgfs_buf, "-help")) {
>
> I would print the help strings in two conditions:
> 1. -help
> 2. (nothing)
>
> ...so that if you don't echo anything to vdec (no params), you get the help text.
> Otherwise, you would have to know that "-help" is a parameter that gives you help
> text in the first place.
>
> As for this commit "as is", it works as intended and it is useful to retrieve
> the help text; you can either send a followup commit that extends the help to
> the corner case that I've explained, or send a v6 adding that to this same commit.
>
> I would prefer to see a v6 -- BUT -- since this series was sent a long time ago,
> you will get my R-b and I will leave the final choice to Hans.
>
> Reviewed-by: AngeloGioacchino Del Regno <angelogioacchino.delregno at collabora.com>
The help file could just exist as a separate file. You can then use cleaner
interfaces for it.
ChenYu