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Apr 13, 2010
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Takashi Iwai
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ALSA: Update the documentation for changes of proc files
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@@ -5518,34 +5518,41 @@ struct _snd_pcm_runtime {
]]>
</programlisting>
</informalexample>
For the raw data,
<structfield>
size
</structfield>
field must be
set properly. This specifies the maximum size of the proc file access.
</para>
<para>
The
callback is much more complicated than the text-file
version.
You need to use a low-level I/O functions such as
The
read/write callbacks of raw mode are more direct than the text mode.
You need to use a low-level I/O functions such as
<function>
copy_from/to_user()
</function>
to transfer the
data.
<informalexample>
<programlisting>
<![CDATA[
static
long
my_file_io_read(struct snd_info_entry *entry,
static
ssize_t
my_file_io_read(struct snd_info_entry *entry,
void *file_private_data,
struct file *file,
char *buf,
unsigned long
count,
unsigned long
pos)
size_t
count,
loff_t
pos)
{
long size = count;
if (pos + size >
local_max_size)
size = local_max_size - pos;
if (copy_to_user(buf, local_data + pos, size))
if (copy_to_user(buf, local_data + pos, count))
return -EFAULT;
return
size
;
return
count
;
}
]]>
</programlisting>
</informalexample>
If the size of the info entry has been set up properly,
<structfield>
count
</structfield>
and
<structfield>
pos
</structfield>
are
guaranteed to fit within 0 and the given size.
You don't have to check the range in the callbacks unless any
other condition is required.
</para>
</chapter>
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