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1=================
2Triggered Buffers
3=================
4
5Now that we know what buffers and triggers are let's see how they work together.
6
7IIO triggered buffer setup
8==========================
9
10* :c:func:`iio_triggered_buffer_setup` — Setup triggered buffer and pollfunc
11* :c:func:`iio_triggered_buffer_cleanup` — Free resources allocated by
12  :c:func:`iio_triggered_buffer_setup`
13* struct iio_buffer_setup_ops — buffer setup related callbacks
14
15A typical triggered buffer setup looks like this::
16
17    const struct iio_buffer_setup_ops sensor_buffer_setup_ops = {
18      .preenable    = sensor_buffer_preenable,
19      .postenable   = sensor_buffer_postenable,
20      .postdisable  = sensor_buffer_postdisable,
21      .predisable   = sensor_buffer_predisable,
22    };
23
24    irqreturn_t sensor_iio_pollfunc(int irq, void *p)
25    {
26        pf->timestamp = iio_get_time_ns((struct indio_dev *)p);
27        return IRQ_WAKE_THREAD;
28    }
29
30    irqreturn_t sensor_trigger_handler(int irq, void *p)
31    {
32        u16 buf[8];
33        int i = 0;
34
35        /* read data for each active channel */
36        for_each_set_bit(bit, active_scan_mask, masklength)
37            buf[i++] = sensor_get_data(bit)
38
39        iio_push_to_buffers_with_timestamp(indio_dev, buf, timestamp);
40
41        iio_trigger_notify_done(trigger);
42        return IRQ_HANDLED;
43    }
44
45    /* setup triggered buffer, usually in probe function */
46    iio_triggered_buffer_setup(indio_dev, sensor_iio_polfunc,
47                               sensor_trigger_handler,
48                               sensor_buffer_setup_ops);
49
50The important things to notice here are:
51
52* :c:type:`iio_buffer_setup_ops`, the buffer setup functions to be called at
53  predefined points in the buffer configuration sequence (e.g. before enable,
54  after disable). If not specified, the IIO core uses the default
55  iio_triggered_buffer_setup_ops.
56* **sensor_iio_pollfunc**, the function that will be used as top half of poll
57  function. It should do as little processing as possible, because it runs in
58  interrupt context. The most common operation is recording of the current
59  timestamp and for this reason one can use the IIO core defined
60  :c:func:`iio_pollfunc_store_time` function.
61* **sensor_trigger_handler**, the function that will be used as bottom half of
62  the poll function. This runs in the context of a kernel thread and all the
63  processing takes place here. It usually reads data from the device and
64  stores it in the internal buffer together with the timestamp recorded in the
65  top half.
66
67More details
68============
69.. kernel-doc:: drivers/iio/buffer/industrialio-triggered-buffer.c
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