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vl53l0x_read_raw() starts a single-shot ranging measurement and reads back the result. Once the triggered buffer is enabled the sensor runs in continuous mode and its data-ready interrupt is routed to the trigger, so a concurrent in_distance_raw read disturbs the streaming setup and never gets its completion, returning -ETIMEDOUT. The original submission claimed direct mode here, but it was dropped during review because the driver had no buffer support at the time [1]. Continuous (buffered) mode was later added without restoring the claim [2], reintroducing the conflict. Reject direct reads while buffered capture is active by claiming direct mode around the measurement, as the vl53l1x sibling already does. Fixes: 762186c6e7b1 ("iio: proximity: vl53l0x-i2c: Added continuous mode support") Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-iio/20180911160300.GA9212@himanshu-Vostro-3559/ [1] Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-iio/20240909101508.263085-3-abhashkumarjha123@gmail.com/ [2] Signed-off-by: Donggeun Yoo <donggeunyoo.kernel@gmail.com> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jonathan Cameron <jonathan.cameron@oss.qualcomm.com>
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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+.. include:: <isonum.txt>
+
+=====================
+ACPICA Trace Facility
+=====================
+
+:Copyright: |copy| 2015, Intel Corporation
+:Author: Lv Zheng <lv.zheng@intel.com>
+
+
+Abstract
+========
+This document describes the functions and the interfaces of the
+method tracing facility.
+
+Functionalities and usage examples
+==================================
+
+ACPICA provides method tracing capability. And two functions are
+currently implemented using this capability.
+
+Log reducer
+-----------
+
+ACPICA subsystem provides debugging outputs when CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG is
+enabled. The debugging messages which are deployed via
+ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT() macro can be reduced at 2 levels - per-component
+level (known as debug layer, configured via
+/sys/module/acpi/parameters/debug_layer) and per-type level (known as
+debug level, configured via /sys/module/acpi/parameters/debug_level).
+
+But when the particular layer/level is applied to the control method
+evaluations, the quantity of the debugging outputs may still be too
+large to be put into the kernel log buffer. The idea thus is worked out
+to only enable the particular debug layer/level (normally more detailed)
+logs when the control method evaluation is started, and disable the
+detailed logging when the control method evaluation is stopped.
+
+The following command examples illustrate the usage of the "log reducer"
+functionality:
+
+a. Filter out the debug layer/level matched logs when control methods
+ are being evaluated::
+
+ # cd /sys/module/acpi/parameters
+ # echo "0xXXXXXXXX" > trace_debug_layer
+ # echo "0xYYYYYYYY" > trace_debug_level
+ # echo "enable" > trace_state
+
+b. Filter out the debug layer/level matched logs when the specified
+ control method is being evaluated::
+
+ # cd /sys/module/acpi/parameters
+ # echo "0xXXXXXXXX" > trace_debug_layer
+ # echo "0xYYYYYYYY" > trace_debug_level
+ # echo "\PPPP.AAAA.TTTT.HHHH" > trace_method_name
+ # echo "method" > /sys/module/acpi/parameters/trace_state
+
+c. Filter out the debug layer/level matched logs when the specified
+ control method is being evaluated for the first time::
+
+ # cd /sys/module/acpi/parameters
+ # echo "0xXXXXXXXX" > trace_debug_layer
+ # echo "0xYYYYYYYY" > trace_debug_level
+ # echo "\PPPP.AAAA.TTTT.HHHH" > trace_method_name
+ # echo "method-once" > /sys/module/acpi/parameters/trace_state
+
+Where:
+ 0xXXXXXXXX/0xYYYYYYYY
+ Refer to Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/debug.rst for possible debug layer/level
+ masking values.
+ \PPPP.AAAA.TTTT.HHHH
+ Full path of a control method that can be found in the ACPI namespace.
+ It needn't be an entry of a control method evaluation.
+
+AML tracer
+----------
+
+There are special log entries added by the method tracing facility at
+the "trace points" the AML interpreter starts/stops to execute a control
+method, or an AML opcode. Note that the format of the log entries are
+subject to change::
+
+ [ 0.186427] exdebug-0398 ex_trace_point : Method Begin [0xf58394d8:\_SB.PCI0.LPCB.ECOK] execution.
+ [ 0.186630] exdebug-0398 ex_trace_point : Opcode Begin [0xf5905c88:If] execution.
+ [ 0.186820] exdebug-0398 ex_trace_point : Opcode Begin [0xf5905cc0:LEqual] execution.
+ [ 0.187010] exdebug-0398 ex_trace_point : Opcode Begin [0xf5905a20:-NamePath-] execution.
+ [ 0.187214] exdebug-0398 ex_trace_point : Opcode End [0xf5905a20:-NamePath-] execution.
+ [ 0.187407] exdebug-0398 ex_trace_point : Opcode Begin [0xf5905f60:One] execution.
+ [ 0.187594] exdebug-0398 ex_trace_point : Opcode End [0xf5905f60:One] execution.
+ [ 0.187789] exdebug-0398 ex_trace_point : Opcode End [0xf5905cc0:LEqual] execution.
+ [ 0.187980] exdebug-0398 ex_trace_point : Opcode Begin [0xf5905cc0:Return] execution.
+ [ 0.188146] exdebug-0398 ex_trace_point : Opcode Begin [0xf5905f60:One] execution.
+ [ 0.188334] exdebug-0398 ex_trace_point : Opcode End [0xf5905f60:One] execution.
+ [ 0.188524] exdebug-0398 ex_trace_point : Opcode End [0xf5905cc0:Return] execution.
+ [ 0.188712] exdebug-0398 ex_trace_point : Opcode End [0xf5905c88:If] execution.
+ [ 0.188903] exdebug-0398 ex_trace_point : Method End [0xf58394d8:\_SB.PCI0.LPCB.ECOK] execution.
+
+Developers can utilize these special log entries to track the AML
+interpretation, thus can aid issue debugging and performance tuning. Note
+that, as the "AML tracer" logs are implemented via ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT()
+macro, CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG is also required to be enabled for enabling
+"AML tracer" logs.
+
+The following command examples illustrate the usage of the "AML tracer"
+functionality:
+
+a. Filter out the method start/stop "AML tracer" logs when control
+ methods are being evaluated::
+
+ # cd /sys/module/acpi/parameters
+ # echo "0x80" > trace_debug_layer
+ # echo "0x10" > trace_debug_level
+ # echo "enable" > trace_state
+
+b. Filter out the method start/stop "AML tracer" when the specified
+ control method is being evaluated::
+
+ # cd /sys/module/acpi/parameters
+ # echo "0x80" > trace_debug_layer
+ # echo "0x10" > trace_debug_level
+ # echo "\PPPP.AAAA.TTTT.HHHH" > trace_method_name
+ # echo "method" > trace_state
+
+c. Filter out the method start/stop "AML tracer" logs when the specified
+ control method is being evaluated for the first time::
+
+ # cd /sys/module/acpi/parameters
+ # echo "0x80" > trace_debug_layer
+ # echo "0x10" > trace_debug_level
+ # echo "\PPPP.AAAA.TTTT.HHHH" > trace_method_name
+ # echo "method-once" > trace_state
+
+d. Filter out the method/opcode start/stop "AML tracer" when the
+ specified control method is being evaluated::
+
+ # cd /sys/module/acpi/parameters
+ # echo "0x80" > trace_debug_layer
+ # echo "0x10" > trace_debug_level
+ # echo "\PPPP.AAAA.TTTT.HHHH" > trace_method_name
+ # echo "opcode" > trace_state
+
+e. Filter out the method/opcode start/stop "AML tracer" when the
+ specified control method is being evaluated for the first time::
+
+ # cd /sys/module/acpi/parameters
+ # echo "0x80" > trace_debug_layer
+ # echo "0x10" > trace_debug_level
+ # echo "\PPPP.AAAA.TTTT.HHHH" > trace_method_name
+ # echo "opcode-opcode" > trace_state
+
+Note that all above method tracing facility related module parameters can
+be used as the boot parameters, for example::
+
+ acpi.trace_debug_layer=0x80 acpi.trace_debug_level=0x10 \
+ acpi.trace_method_name=\_SB.LID0._LID acpi.trace_state=opcode-once
+
+
+Interface descriptions
+======================
+
+All method tracing functions can be configured via ACPI module
+parameters that are accessible at /sys/module/acpi/parameters/:
+
+trace_method_name
+ The full path of the AML method that the user wants to trace.
+
+ Note that the full path shouldn't contain the trailing "_"s in its
+ name segments but may contain "\" to form an absolute path.
+
+trace_debug_layer
+ The temporary debug_layer used when the tracing feature is enabled.
+
+ Using ACPI_EXECUTER (0x80) by default, which is the debug_layer
+ used to match all "AML tracer" logs.
+
+trace_debug_level
+ The temporary debug_level used when the tracing feature is enabled.
+
+ Using ACPI_LV_TRACE_POINT (0x10) by default, which is the
+ debug_level used to match all "AML tracer" logs.
+
+trace_state
+ The status of the tracing feature.
+
+ Users can enable/disable this debug tracing feature by executing
+ the following command::
+
+ # echo string > /sys/module/acpi/parameters/trace_state
+
+Where "string" should be one of the following:
+
+"disable"
+ Disable the method tracing feature.
+
+"enable"
+ Enable the method tracing feature.
+
+ ACPICA debugging messages matching "trace_debug_layer/trace_debug_level"
+ during any method execution will be logged.
+
+"method"
+ Enable the method tracing feature.
+
+ ACPICA debugging messages matching "trace_debug_layer/trace_debug_level"
+ during method execution of "trace_method_name" will be logged.
+
+"method-once"
+ Enable the method tracing feature.
+
+ ACPICA debugging messages matching "trace_debug_layer/trace_debug_level"
+ during method execution of "trace_method_name" will be logged only once.
+
+"opcode"
+ Enable the method tracing feature.
+
+ ACPICA debugging messages matching "trace_debug_layer/trace_debug_level"
+ during method/opcode execution of "trace_method_name" will be logged.
+
+"opcode-once"
+ Enable the method tracing feature.
+
+ ACPICA debugging messages matching "trace_debug_layer/trace_debug_level"
+ during method/opcode execution of "trace_method_name" will be logged only
+ once.
+
+Note that, the difference between the "enable" and other feature
+enabling options are:
+
+1. When "enable" is specified, since
+ "trace_debug_layer/trace_debug_level" shall apply to all control
+ method evaluations, after configuring "trace_state" to "enable",
+ "trace_method_name" will be reset to NULL.
+2. When "method/opcode" is specified, if
+ "trace_method_name" is NULL when "trace_state" is configured to
+ these options, the "trace_debug_layer/trace_debug_level" will
+ apply to all control method evaluations.