Re: [libgpiod][PATCH V4 1/1] tools: gpiomon/gpionotify: add idle-timeout option

[Kent Gibson <warthog618@gmail.com>]

On Mon, Jun 12, 2023 at 06:05:11PM +0200, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 12, 2023 at 3:31 AM Gabriel Matni <gabriel.matni@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > From: Gabriel Matni <gabriel.matni@exfo.com>
> >
> > Add an idle timeout option to gpiomon and gpionotify to exit gracefully
> > when no event has been detected for a given period.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Gabriel Matni <gabriel.matni@exfo.com>
> > ---
> > V3 -> V4: Submitting patch with git send-email
> >
> > V2 -> V3: Addressed the following review comments:
> > - Simplify the commit message
> > - Clarify the help description of the --idle-timeout option
> > - Declare ret variable at the top of function for gpionotify, not required for gpiomon
> >
> > V1 -> V2: Addressed the following review comments:
> > - Renamed timeout option to idle-timeout
> > - Timeout value is now signed
> > - Reused print_period_help() for idle-timeout option
> > - Added the idle-timeout option to gpionotify for consistency
> >
> >  tools/gpiomon.c    | 14 +++++++++++++-
> >  tools/gpionotify.c | 17 +++++++++++++++--
> >  2 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/tools/gpiomon.c b/tools/gpiomon.c
> > index c2684c2..e3abb2d 100644
> > --- a/tools/gpiomon.c
> > +++ b/tools/gpiomon.c
> > @@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ struct config {
> >         const char *fmt;
> >         enum gpiod_line_clock event_clock;
> >         int timestamp_fmt;
> > +       int timeout;
> >  };
> >
> >  static void print_help(void)
> > @@ -57,6 +58,8 @@ static void print_help(void)
> >         printf("\t\t\tBy default 'realtime' is formatted as UTC, others as raw u64.\n");
> >         printf("  -h, --help\t\tdisplay this help and exit\n");
> >         printf("  -F, --format <fmt>\tspecify a custom output format\n");
> > +       printf("      --idle-timeout <period>\n");
> > +       printf("\t\t\texit gracefully if no events occur for the period specified\n");
> 
> I think it would be useful to state the time units used by this option here.
> 

That is already covered by the period help:

Periods:
    Periods are taken as milliseconds unless units are specified. e.g. 10us.
    Supported units are 's', 'ms', and 'us'.

Cheers,
Kent.