linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] sysfs: add devm_sysfs_create

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Date:   Mon, 27 Mar 2017 21:35:45 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] sysfs: add devm_sysfs_create_group() and friends

On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 10:53:59AM -0700, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 12, 2017 at 04:36:19PM -0800, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> > Many drivers create additional driver-specific device attributes when
> > binding to the device and providing managed version of sysfs_create_group()
> > will simplify unbinding and error handling in probe path for such drivers.
> > 
> > Without managed version driver writers either have to mix manual and
> > managed resources, which is prone to errors, or open-code this function by
> > providing a wrapper to sysfs_create_group() and use it with
> > devm_add_action() or devm_add_action_or_reset().
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
> > ---
> 
> Greg, gentle ping...

It's not lost, it's in my queue...

thanks,

greg k-h