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[v7,3/5] iio: core: Introduce IIO software triggers

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Daniel Baluta Aug. 10, 2015, 10:42 p.m. UTC
A software trigger associates an IIO device trigger with a software
interrupt source (e.g: timer, sysfs). This patch adds the generic
infrastructure for handling software triggers.

Software interrupts sources are kept in a iio_trigger_types_list and
registered separately when the associated kernel module is loaded.

Software triggers can be created directly from drivers or from user
space via configfs interface.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Baluta <daniel.baluta@intel.com>
---
 drivers/iio/Kconfig                   |   8 +++
 drivers/iio/Makefile                  |   1 +
 drivers/iio/industrialio-configfs.c   |  49 ++++++++++++++
 drivers/iio/industrialio-sw-trigger.c | 119 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 include/linux/iio/sw_trigger.h        |  99 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 5 files changed, 276 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 drivers/iio/industrialio-sw-trigger.c
 create mode 100644 include/linux/iio/sw_trigger.h

Comments

Vladimir Barinov Aug. 17, 2015, 11:31 a.m. UTC | #1
Hi Daniel,

Minor comments since I need your hrtimer trigger support.

1) The drivers/iio/industrialio-sw-trigger.c should probably
come to drivers/iio/trigger/ folder which is under ifdef condition
in drivers/iio/Kconfig

2) it breaks compilation
enabling IIO_HRTIMER_TRIGGER selects IIO_SW_TRIGGER.
But IIO_SW_TRIGGER fail to compile without IIO_CONFIGFS

3) Probably the IIO_SW_TRIGGER should be tristate like other
standalone triggers

I will report test results when I try hrtimer trigger.

Regards,
Vladimir

On 11.08.2015 01:42, Daniel Baluta wrote:
> A software trigger associates an IIO device trigger with a software
> interrupt source (e.g: timer, sysfs). This patch adds the generic
> infrastructure for handling software triggers.
>
> Software interrupts sources are kept in a iio_trigger_types_list and
> registered separately when the associated kernel module is loaded.
>
> Software triggers can be created directly from drivers or from user
> space via configfs interface.
>
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Baluta <daniel.baluta@intel.com>
> ---
>   drivers/iio/Kconfig                   |   8 +++
>   drivers/iio/Makefile                  |   1 +
>   drivers/iio/industrialio-configfs.c   |  49 ++++++++++++++
>   drivers/iio/industrialio-sw-trigger.c | 119 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>   include/linux/iio/sw_trigger.h        |  99 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>   5 files changed, 276 insertions(+)
>   create mode 100644 drivers/iio/industrialio-sw-trigger.c
>   create mode 100644 include/linux/iio/sw_trigger.h
>
> diff --git a/drivers/iio/Kconfig b/drivers/iio/Kconfig
> index f2b0d77..117c05a 100644
> --- a/drivers/iio/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/iio/Kconfig
> @@ -66,6 +66,14 @@ config IIO_CONSUMERS_PER_TRIGGER
>   	This value controls the maximum number of consumers that a
>   	given trigger may handle. Default is 2.
>   
> +config IIO_SW_TRIGGER
> +	bool "Enable software triggers support"
> +	depends on IIO_TRIGGER
> +	help
> +	 Provides IIO core support for software triggers. A software
> +	 trigger can be created via configfs or directly by a driver
> +	 using the API provided.
> +
>   source "drivers/iio/accel/Kconfig"
>   source "drivers/iio/adc/Kconfig"
>   source "drivers/iio/amplifiers/Kconfig"
> diff --git a/drivers/iio/Makefile b/drivers/iio/Makefile
> index dbf5f9a..31aead3 100644
> --- a/drivers/iio/Makefile
> +++ b/drivers/iio/Makefile
> @@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_IIO) += industrialio.o
>   industrialio-y := industrialio-core.o industrialio-event.o inkern.o
>   industrialio-$(CONFIG_IIO_BUFFER) += industrialio-buffer.o
>   industrialio-$(CONFIG_IIO_TRIGGER) += industrialio-trigger.o
> +industrialio-$(CONFIG_IIO_SW_TRIGGER) += industrialio-sw-trigger.o
>   industrialio-$(CONFIG_IIO_BUFFER_CB) += buffer_cb.o
>   
>   obj-$(CONFIG_IIO_TRIGGERED_BUFFER) += industrialio-triggered-buffer.o
> diff --git a/drivers/iio/industrialio-configfs.c b/drivers/iio/industrialio-configfs.c
> index 3edee90..ced7115 100644
> --- a/drivers/iio/industrialio-configfs.c
> +++ b/drivers/iio/industrialio-configfs.c
> @@ -15,6 +15,40 @@
>   #include <linux/slab.h>
>   
>   #include <linux/iio/iio.h>
> +#include <linux/iio/sw_trigger.h>
> +
> +static struct config_group *trigger_make_group(struct config_group *group,
> +					       const char *name)
> +{
> +	struct iio_sw_trigger *t;
> +
> +	t = iio_sw_trigger_create(group->cg_item.ci_name, name);
> +	if (IS_ERR(t))
> +		return ERR_CAST(t);
> +
> +	config_item_set_name(&t->group.cg_item, name);
> +
> +	return &t->group;
> +}
> +
> +static void trigger_drop_group(struct config_group *group,
> +			       struct config_item *item)
> +{
> +	struct iio_sw_trigger *t = to_iio_sw_trigger(item);
> +
> +	iio_sw_trigger_destroy(t);
> +	config_item_put(item);
> +}
> +
> +static struct configfs_group_operations trigger_ops = {
> +	.make_group	= &trigger_make_group,
> +	.drop_item	= &trigger_drop_group,
> +};
> +
> +static struct config_item_type iio_trigger_type_group_type = {
> +	.ct_group_ops = &trigger_ops,
> +	.ct_owner       = THIS_MODULE,
> +};
>   
>   static struct config_item_type iio_triggers_group_type = {
>   	.ct_owner = THIS_MODULE,
> @@ -47,6 +81,21 @@ static struct configfs_subsystem iio_configfs_subsys = {
>   	.su_mutex = __MUTEX_INITIALIZER(iio_configfs_subsys.su_mutex),
>   };
>   
> +int iio_sw_trigger_type_configfs_register(struct iio_sw_trigger_type *tt)
> +{
> +	config_group_init_type_name(&tt->group, tt->name,
> +		&iio_trigger_type_group_type);
> +
> +	return configfs_register_group(&iio_triggers_group, &tt->group);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(iio_sw_trigger_type_configfs_register);
> +
> +void iio_sw_trigger_type_configfs_unregister(struct iio_sw_trigger_type *tt)
> +{
> +	configfs_unregister_group(&tt->group);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(iio_sw_trigger_type_configfs_unregister);
> +
>   static int __init iio_configfs_init(void)
>   {
>   	config_group_init(&iio_triggers_group);
> diff --git a/drivers/iio/industrialio-sw-trigger.c b/drivers/iio/industrialio-sw-trigger.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..761418e
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/drivers/iio/industrialio-sw-trigger.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
> +/*
> + * The Industrial I/O core, software trigger functions
> + *
> + * Copyright (c) 2015 Intel Corporation
> + *
> + * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
> + * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by
> + * the Free Software Foundation.
> + */
> +
> +#include <linux/module.h>
> +#include <linux/init.h>
> +#include <linux/kmod.h>
> +#include <linux/list.h>
> +#include <linux/slab.h>
> +
> +#include <linux/iio/sw_trigger.h>
> +
> +static LIST_HEAD(iio_trigger_types_list);
> +static DEFINE_MUTEX(iio_trigger_types_lock);
> +
> +static
> +struct iio_sw_trigger_type *__iio_find_sw_trigger_type(const char *name,
> +						       unsigned len)
> +{
> +	struct iio_sw_trigger_type *t = NULL, *iter;
> +
> +	list_for_each_entry(iter, &iio_trigger_types_list, list)
> +		if (!strncmp(iter->name, name, len)) {
> +			t = iter;
> +			break;
> +		}
> +
> +	return t;
> +}
> +
> +int iio_register_sw_trigger_type(struct iio_sw_trigger_type *t)
> +{
> +	struct iio_sw_trigger_type *iter;
> +	int ret = 0;
> +
> +	mutex_lock(&iio_trigger_types_lock);
> +	iter = __iio_find_sw_trigger_type(t->name, strlen(t->name));
> +	if (iter) {
> +		ret = -EBUSY;
> +	} else {
> +		list_add_tail(&t->list, &iio_trigger_types_list);
> +		iio_sw_trigger_type_configfs_register(t);
> +	}
> +	mutex_unlock(&iio_trigger_types_lock);
> +
> +	return ret;
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(iio_register_sw_trigger_type);
> +
> +int iio_unregister_sw_trigger_type(struct iio_sw_trigger_type *t)
> +{
> +	struct iio_sw_trigger_type *iter;
> +	int ret = 0;
> +
> +	mutex_lock(&iio_trigger_types_lock);
> +	iter = __iio_find_sw_trigger_type(t->name, strlen(t->name));
> +	if (!iter) {
> +		ret = -EINVAL;
> +	} else {
> +		iio_sw_trigger_type_configfs_unregister(t);
> +		list_del(&t->list);
> +	}
> +	mutex_unlock(&iio_trigger_types_lock);
> +
> +	return ret;
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(iio_unregister_sw_trigger_type);
> +
> +static
> +struct iio_sw_trigger_type *iio_get_sw_trigger_type(const char *name)
> +{
> +	struct iio_sw_trigger_type *t;
> +
> +	mutex_lock(&iio_trigger_types_lock);
> +	t = __iio_find_sw_trigger_type(name, strlen(name));
> +	if (t && !try_module_get(t->owner))
> +		t = NULL;
> +	mutex_unlock(&iio_trigger_types_lock);
> +
> +	return t;
> +}
> +
> +struct iio_sw_trigger *iio_sw_trigger_create(const char *type, const char *name)
> +{
> +	struct iio_sw_trigger *t;
> +	struct iio_sw_trigger_type *tt;
> +
> +	tt = iio_get_sw_trigger_type(type);
> +	if (!tt) {
> +		pr_err("Invalid trigger type: %s\n", type);
> +		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
> +	}
> +	t = tt->ops->probe(name);
> +	if (IS_ERR(t))
> +		goto out_module_put;
> +
> +	t->trigger_type = tt;
> +
> +	return t;
> +out_module_put:
> +	module_put(tt->owner);
> +	return t;
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(iio_sw_trigger_create);
> +
> +void iio_sw_trigger_destroy(struct iio_sw_trigger *t)
> +{
> +	struct iio_sw_trigger_type *tt = t->trigger_type;
> +
> +	tt->ops->remove(t);
> +	module_put(tt->owner);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(iio_sw_trigger_destroy);
> diff --git a/include/linux/iio/sw_trigger.h b/include/linux/iio/sw_trigger.h
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..762a3b7
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/include/linux/iio/sw_trigger.h
> @@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
> +/*
> + * Industrial I/O software trigger interface
> + *
> + * Copyright (c) 2015 Intel Corporation
> + *
> + * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
> + * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by
> + * the Free Software Foundation.
> + */
> +
> +#ifndef __IIO_SW_TRIGGER
> +#define __IIO_SW_TRIGGER
> +
> +#include <linux/module.h>
> +#include <linux/device.h>
> +#include <linux/iio/iio.h>
> +#include <linux/configfs.h>
> +
> +#define module_iio_sw_trigger_driver(__iio_sw_trigger_type) \
> +	module_driver(__iio_sw_trigger_type, iio_register_sw_trigger_type, \
> +		      iio_unregister_sw_trigger_type)
> +
> +struct iio_sw_trigger_ops;
> +
> +struct iio_sw_trigger_type {
> +	const char *name;
> +	struct module *owner;
> +	const struct iio_sw_trigger_ops *ops;
> +	struct list_head list;
> +	struct config_group group;
> +};
> +
> +struct iio_sw_trigger {
> +	struct iio_trigger *trigger;
> +	struct iio_sw_trigger_type *trigger_type;
> +	struct config_group group;
> +};
> +
> +struct iio_sw_trigger_ops {
> +	struct iio_sw_trigger* (*probe)(const char *);
> +	int (*remove)(struct iio_sw_trigger *);
> +};
> +
> +/**
> + * iio_register_sw_trigger_type() - register a software trigger type
> + *
> + * @tt: software trigger type to be registered
> + */
> +int iio_register_sw_trigger_type(struct iio_sw_trigger_type *tt);
> +
> +/**
> + * iio_unregister_sw_trigger_type() - unregister a software trigger type
> + *
> + * @tt: software trigger type to be unregistered
> + */
> +int iio_unregister_sw_trigger_type(struct iio_sw_trigger_type *tt);
> +
> +
> +struct iio_sw_trigger *iio_sw_trigger_create(const char *, const char *);
> +
> +void iio_sw_trigger_destroy(struct iio_sw_trigger *);
> +
> +static inline
> +struct iio_sw_trigger *to_iio_sw_trigger(struct config_item *item)
> +{
> +	return container_of(to_config_group(item), struct iio_sw_trigger,
> +			    group);
> +}
> +
> +#ifdef CONFIG_CONFIGFS_FS
> +int iio_sw_trigger_type_configfs_register(struct iio_sw_trigger_type *tt);
> +void iio_sw_trigger_type_configfs_unregister(struct iio_sw_trigger_type *tt);
> +
> +static inline
> +void iio_swt_group_init_type_name(struct iio_sw_trigger *t,
> +				  const char *name,
> +				  struct config_item_type *type)
> +{
> +	config_group_init_type_name(&t->group, name, type);
> +}
> +#else
> +static inline
> +int iio_sw_trigger_type_configfs_register(struct iio_sw_trigger_type *tt)
> +{
> +       return 0;
> +}
> +
> +static inline
> +void iio_sw_trigger_type_configfs_unregister(struct iio_sw_trigger_type *tt)
> +{ }
> +
> +static inline
> +void iio_swt_group_init_type_name(struct iio_sw_trigger *t,
> +				  const char *name,
> +				  struct config_item_type *type)
> +{ }
> +#endif
> +
> +#endif /* __IIO_SW_TRIGGER */

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Lars-Peter Clausen Aug. 31, 2015, 2:41 p.m. UTC | #2
On 08/11/2015 12:42 AM, Daniel Baluta wrote:
> A software trigger associates an IIO device trigger with a software
> interrupt source (e.g: timer, sysfs). This patch adds the generic
> infrastructure for handling software triggers.
> 
> Software interrupts sources are kept in a iio_trigger_types_list and
> registered separately when the associated kernel module is loaded.
> 
> Software triggers can be created directly from drivers or from user
> space via configfs interface.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Baluta <daniel.baluta@intel.com>

Sorry for the delay.

[...]
> diff --git a/drivers/iio/Makefile b/drivers/iio/Makefile
> index dbf5f9a..31aead3 100644
> --- a/drivers/iio/Makefile
> +++ b/drivers/iio/Makefile
> @@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_IIO) += industrialio.o
>  industrialio-y := industrialio-core.o industrialio-event.o inkern.o
>  industrialio-$(CONFIG_IIO_BUFFER) += industrialio-buffer.o
>  industrialio-$(CONFIG_IIO_TRIGGER) += industrialio-trigger.o
> +industrialio-$(CONFIG_IIO_SW_TRIGGER) += industrialio-sw-trigger.o
>  industrialio-$(CONFIG_IIO_BUFFER_CB) += buffer_cb.o
>  
>  obj-$(CONFIG_IIO_TRIGGERED_BUFFER) += industrialio-triggered-buffer.o
> diff --git a/drivers/iio/industrialio-configfs.c b/drivers/iio/industrialio-configfs.c
> index 3edee90..ced7115 100644
> --- a/drivers/iio/industrialio-configfs.c
> +++ b/drivers/iio/industrialio-configfs.c
> @@ -15,6 +15,40 @@
>  #include <linux/slab.h>
>  
>  #include <linux/iio/iio.h>
> +#include <linux/iio/sw_trigger.h>
> +
> +static struct config_group *trigger_make_group(struct config_group *group,
> +					       const char *name)
> +{
> +	struct iio_sw_trigger *t;
> +
> +	t = iio_sw_trigger_create(group->cg_item.ci_name, name);
> +	if (IS_ERR(t))
> +		return ERR_CAST(t);
> +
> +	config_item_set_name(&t->group.cg_item, name);

config_item_set_name() takes a format string, since name is user supplied
this should be

	config_item_set_name(&t->group.cg_item, "%s", name);

> +
> +	return &t->group;
> +}
> +
> +static void trigger_drop_group(struct config_group *group,
> +			       struct config_item *item)
> +{
> +	struct iio_sw_trigger *t = to_iio_sw_trigger(item);
> +
> +	iio_sw_trigger_destroy(t);
> +	config_item_put(item);
> +}

I get compile errors when I build this without software trigger support enabled:

drivers/built-in.o: In function `trigger_drop_group':
/opt/linux/drivers/iio/industrialio-configfs.c:39: undefined reference to
`iio_sw_trigger_destroy'
drivers/built-in.o: In function `trigger_make_group':
/opt/linux/drivers/iio/industrialio-configfs.c:25: undefined reference to
`iio_sw_trigger_create'

Since it is bool ifdefing it out should work. But I wonder if it shouldn't
be the other way around and this should go into the sw-trigger module?

[...]
> diff --git a/drivers/iio/industrialio-sw-trigger.c b/drivers/iio/industrialio-sw-trigger.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..761418e
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/drivers/iio/industrialio-sw-trigger.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
> +/*
> + * The Industrial I/O core, software trigger functions
> + *
> + * Copyright (c) 2015 Intel Corporation
> + *
> + * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
> + * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by
> + * the Free Software Foundation.
> + */
> +
> +#include <linux/module.h>
> +#include <linux/init.h>
> +#include <linux/kmod.h>
> +#include <linux/list.h>
> +#include <linux/slab.h>
> +
> +#include <linux/iio/sw_trigger.h>
> +
> +static LIST_HEAD(iio_trigger_types_list);
> +static DEFINE_MUTEX(iio_trigger_types_lock);
> +
> +static
> +struct iio_sw_trigger_type *__iio_find_sw_trigger_type(const char *name,
> +						       unsigned len)
> +{
> +	struct iio_sw_trigger_type *t = NULL, *iter;

Maybe add a lockdep_assert() here to make it explicit that this requires the
types_lock.

> +
> +	list_for_each_entry(iter, &iio_trigger_types_list, list)
> +		if (!strncmp(iter->name, name, len)) {

What's the reason for doing a prefix match? E.g. if name is "h" this will
return the "hrtimer" trigger.

> +			t = iter;
> +			break;
> +		}
> +
> +	return t;
> +}
> +
> +int iio_register_sw_trigger_type(struct iio_sw_trigger_type *t)
> +{
> +	struct iio_sw_trigger_type *iter;
> +	int ret = 0;
> +
> +	mutex_lock(&iio_trigger_types_lock);
> +	iter = __iio_find_sw_trigger_type(t->name, strlen(t->name));
> +	if (iter) {
> +		ret = -EBUSY;
> +	} else {
> +		list_add_tail(&t->list, &iio_trigger_types_list);
> +		iio_sw_trigger_type_configfs_register(t);
> +	}
> +	mutex_unlock(&iio_trigger_types_lock);
> +
> +	return ret;
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(iio_register_sw_trigger_type);
> +
> +int iio_unregister_sw_trigger_type(struct iio_sw_trigger_type *t)

unregister should be void. There isn't too much that can go wrong here. If
the type is registered it will be removed, if it isn't registered there is
nothing to remove and jobs already done.

The problem with having a return value of unregister function is always
where to propagate the value to. And what to do if unregister fails of one
of many in a sequence of unregister calls in case the module registered
multiple things.


> +{
> +	struct iio_sw_trigger_type *iter;
> +	int ret = 0;
> +
> +	mutex_lock(&iio_trigger_types_lock);
> +	iter = __iio_find_sw_trigger_type(t->name, strlen(t->name));
> +	if (!iter) {
> +		ret = -EINVAL;
> +	} else {
> +		iio_sw_trigger_type_configfs_unregister(t);
> +		list_del(&t->list);
> +	}
> +	mutex_unlock(&iio_trigger_types_lock);
> +
> +	return ret;
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(iio_unregister_sw_trigger_type);
> +
> +static
> +struct iio_sw_trigger_type *iio_get_sw_trigger_type(const char *name)
> +{
> +	struct iio_sw_trigger_type *t;
> +
> +	mutex_lock(&iio_trigger_types_lock);
> +	t = __iio_find_sw_trigger_type(name, strlen(name));
> +	if (t && !try_module_get(t->owner))
> +		t = NULL;
> +	mutex_unlock(&iio_trigger_types_lock);
> +
> +	return t;
> +}
> +
> +struct iio_sw_trigger *iio_sw_trigger_create(const char *type, const char *name)
> +{
> +	struct iio_sw_trigger *t;
> +	struct iio_sw_trigger_type *tt;
> +
> +	tt = iio_get_sw_trigger_type(type);
> +	if (!tt) {
> +		pr_err("Invalid trigger type: %s\n", type);
> +		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
> +	}
> +	t = tt->ops->probe(name);
> +	if (IS_ERR(t))
> +		goto out_module_put;
> +
> +	t->trigger_type = tt;
> +
> +	return t;
> +out_module_put:
> +	module_put(tt->owner);
> +	return t;
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(iio_sw_trigger_create);
> +
> +void iio_sw_trigger_destroy(struct iio_sw_trigger *t)
> +{
> +	struct iio_sw_trigger_type *tt = t->trigger_type;
> +
> +	tt->ops->remove(t);
> +	module_put(tt->owner);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(iio_sw_trigger_destroy);

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diff mbox

Patch

diff --git a/drivers/iio/Kconfig b/drivers/iio/Kconfig
index f2b0d77..117c05a 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/iio/Kconfig
@@ -66,6 +66,14 @@  config IIO_CONSUMERS_PER_TRIGGER
 	This value controls the maximum number of consumers that a
 	given trigger may handle. Default is 2.
 
+config IIO_SW_TRIGGER
+	bool "Enable software triggers support"
+	depends on IIO_TRIGGER
+	help
+	 Provides IIO core support for software triggers. A software
+	 trigger can be created via configfs or directly by a driver
+	 using the API provided.
+
 source "drivers/iio/accel/Kconfig"
 source "drivers/iio/adc/Kconfig"
 source "drivers/iio/amplifiers/Kconfig"
diff --git a/drivers/iio/Makefile b/drivers/iio/Makefile
index dbf5f9a..31aead3 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/iio/Makefile
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@  obj-$(CONFIG_IIO) += industrialio.o
 industrialio-y := industrialio-core.o industrialio-event.o inkern.o
 industrialio-$(CONFIG_IIO_BUFFER) += industrialio-buffer.o
 industrialio-$(CONFIG_IIO_TRIGGER) += industrialio-trigger.o
+industrialio-$(CONFIG_IIO_SW_TRIGGER) += industrialio-sw-trigger.o
 industrialio-$(CONFIG_IIO_BUFFER_CB) += buffer_cb.o
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_IIO_TRIGGERED_BUFFER) += industrialio-triggered-buffer.o
diff --git a/drivers/iio/industrialio-configfs.c b/drivers/iio/industrialio-configfs.c
index 3edee90..ced7115 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/industrialio-configfs.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/industrialio-configfs.c
@@ -15,6 +15,40 @@ 
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 
 #include <linux/iio/iio.h>
+#include <linux/iio/sw_trigger.h>
+
+static struct config_group *trigger_make_group(struct config_group *group,
+					       const char *name)
+{
+	struct iio_sw_trigger *t;
+
+	t = iio_sw_trigger_create(group->cg_item.ci_name, name);
+	if (IS_ERR(t))
+		return ERR_CAST(t);
+
+	config_item_set_name(&t->group.cg_item, name);
+
+	return &t->group;
+}
+
+static void trigger_drop_group(struct config_group *group,
+			       struct config_item *item)
+{
+	struct iio_sw_trigger *t = to_iio_sw_trigger(item);
+
+	iio_sw_trigger_destroy(t);
+	config_item_put(item);
+}
+
+static struct configfs_group_operations trigger_ops = {
+	.make_group	= &trigger_make_group,
+	.drop_item	= &trigger_drop_group,
+};
+
+static struct config_item_type iio_trigger_type_group_type = {
+	.ct_group_ops = &trigger_ops,
+	.ct_owner       = THIS_MODULE,
+};
 
 static struct config_item_type iio_triggers_group_type = {
 	.ct_owner = THIS_MODULE,
@@ -47,6 +81,21 @@  static struct configfs_subsystem iio_configfs_subsys = {
 	.su_mutex = __MUTEX_INITIALIZER(iio_configfs_subsys.su_mutex),
 };
 
+int iio_sw_trigger_type_configfs_register(struct iio_sw_trigger_type *tt)
+{
+	config_group_init_type_name(&tt->group, tt->name,
+		&iio_trigger_type_group_type);
+
+	return configfs_register_group(&iio_triggers_group, &tt->group);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(iio_sw_trigger_type_configfs_register);
+
+void iio_sw_trigger_type_configfs_unregister(struct iio_sw_trigger_type *tt)
+{
+	configfs_unregister_group(&tt->group);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(iio_sw_trigger_type_configfs_unregister);
+
 static int __init iio_configfs_init(void)
 {
 	config_group_init(&iio_triggers_group);
diff --git a/drivers/iio/industrialio-sw-trigger.c b/drivers/iio/industrialio-sw-trigger.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..761418e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/iio/industrialio-sw-trigger.c
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@ 
+/*
+ * The Industrial I/O core, software trigger functions
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2015 Intel Corporation
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/kmod.h>
+#include <linux/list.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+
+#include <linux/iio/sw_trigger.h>
+
+static LIST_HEAD(iio_trigger_types_list);
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(iio_trigger_types_lock);
+
+static
+struct iio_sw_trigger_type *__iio_find_sw_trigger_type(const char *name,
+						       unsigned len)
+{
+	struct iio_sw_trigger_type *t = NULL, *iter;
+
+	list_for_each_entry(iter, &iio_trigger_types_list, list)
+		if (!strncmp(iter->name, name, len)) {
+			t = iter;
+			break;
+		}
+
+	return t;
+}
+
+int iio_register_sw_trigger_type(struct iio_sw_trigger_type *t)
+{
+	struct iio_sw_trigger_type *iter;
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	mutex_lock(&iio_trigger_types_lock);
+	iter = __iio_find_sw_trigger_type(t->name, strlen(t->name));
+	if (iter) {
+		ret = -EBUSY;
+	} else {
+		list_add_tail(&t->list, &iio_trigger_types_list);
+		iio_sw_trigger_type_configfs_register(t);
+	}
+	mutex_unlock(&iio_trigger_types_lock);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(iio_register_sw_trigger_type);
+
+int iio_unregister_sw_trigger_type(struct iio_sw_trigger_type *t)
+{
+	struct iio_sw_trigger_type *iter;
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	mutex_lock(&iio_trigger_types_lock);
+	iter = __iio_find_sw_trigger_type(t->name, strlen(t->name));
+	if (!iter) {
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+	} else {
+		iio_sw_trigger_type_configfs_unregister(t);
+		list_del(&t->list);
+	}
+	mutex_unlock(&iio_trigger_types_lock);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(iio_unregister_sw_trigger_type);
+
+static
+struct iio_sw_trigger_type *iio_get_sw_trigger_type(const char *name)
+{
+	struct iio_sw_trigger_type *t;
+
+	mutex_lock(&iio_trigger_types_lock);
+	t = __iio_find_sw_trigger_type(name, strlen(name));
+	if (t && !try_module_get(t->owner))
+		t = NULL;
+	mutex_unlock(&iio_trigger_types_lock);
+
+	return t;
+}
+
+struct iio_sw_trigger *iio_sw_trigger_create(const char *type, const char *name)
+{
+	struct iio_sw_trigger *t;
+	struct iio_sw_trigger_type *tt;
+
+	tt = iio_get_sw_trigger_type(type);
+	if (!tt) {
+		pr_err("Invalid trigger type: %s\n", type);
+		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+	}
+	t = tt->ops->probe(name);
+	if (IS_ERR(t))
+		goto out_module_put;
+
+	t->trigger_type = tt;
+
+	return t;
+out_module_put:
+	module_put(tt->owner);
+	return t;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(iio_sw_trigger_create);
+
+void iio_sw_trigger_destroy(struct iio_sw_trigger *t)
+{
+	struct iio_sw_trigger_type *tt = t->trigger_type;
+
+	tt->ops->remove(t);
+	module_put(tt->owner);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(iio_sw_trigger_destroy);
diff --git a/include/linux/iio/sw_trigger.h b/include/linux/iio/sw_trigger.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..762a3b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/iio/sw_trigger.h
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@ 
+/*
+ * Industrial I/O software trigger interface
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2015 Intel Corporation
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __IIO_SW_TRIGGER
+#define __IIO_SW_TRIGGER
+
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/device.h>
+#include <linux/iio/iio.h>
+#include <linux/configfs.h>
+
+#define module_iio_sw_trigger_driver(__iio_sw_trigger_type) \
+	module_driver(__iio_sw_trigger_type, iio_register_sw_trigger_type, \
+		      iio_unregister_sw_trigger_type)
+
+struct iio_sw_trigger_ops;
+
+struct iio_sw_trigger_type {
+	const char *name;
+	struct module *owner;
+	const struct iio_sw_trigger_ops *ops;
+	struct list_head list;
+	struct config_group group;
+};
+
+struct iio_sw_trigger {
+	struct iio_trigger *trigger;
+	struct iio_sw_trigger_type *trigger_type;
+	struct config_group group;
+};
+
+struct iio_sw_trigger_ops {
+	struct iio_sw_trigger* (*probe)(const char *);
+	int (*remove)(struct iio_sw_trigger *);
+};
+
+/**
+ * iio_register_sw_trigger_type() - register a software trigger type
+ *
+ * @tt: software trigger type to be registered
+ */
+int iio_register_sw_trigger_type(struct iio_sw_trigger_type *tt);
+
+/**
+ * iio_unregister_sw_trigger_type() - unregister a software trigger type
+ *
+ * @tt: software trigger type to be unregistered
+ */
+int iio_unregister_sw_trigger_type(struct iio_sw_trigger_type *tt);
+
+
+struct iio_sw_trigger *iio_sw_trigger_create(const char *, const char *);
+
+void iio_sw_trigger_destroy(struct iio_sw_trigger *);
+
+static inline
+struct iio_sw_trigger *to_iio_sw_trigger(struct config_item *item)
+{
+	return container_of(to_config_group(item), struct iio_sw_trigger,
+			    group);
+}
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_CONFIGFS_FS
+int iio_sw_trigger_type_configfs_register(struct iio_sw_trigger_type *tt);
+void iio_sw_trigger_type_configfs_unregister(struct iio_sw_trigger_type *tt);
+
+static inline
+void iio_swt_group_init_type_name(struct iio_sw_trigger *t,
+				  const char *name,
+				  struct config_item_type *type)
+{
+	config_group_init_type_name(&t->group, name, type);
+}
+#else
+static inline
+int iio_sw_trigger_type_configfs_register(struct iio_sw_trigger_type *tt)
+{
+       return 0;
+}
+
+static inline
+void iio_sw_trigger_type_configfs_unregister(struct iio_sw_trigger_type *tt)
+{ }
+
+static inline
+void iio_swt_group_init_type_name(struct iio_sw_trigger *t,
+				  const char *name,
+				  struct config_item_type *type)
+{ }
+#endif
+
+#endif /* __IIO_SW_TRIGGER */