linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] Input: axp20x-pek: add support for AXP221 PEK

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Date:   Tue, 18 Jul 2017 10:10:24 +0200
From:   Quentin Schulz <quentin.schulz@...e-electrons.com>
To:     Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@...e-electrons.com>
Cc:     dmitry.torokhov@...il.com, wens@...e.org, lee.jones@...aro.org,
        hdegoede@...hat.com, linux-input@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, thomas.petazzoni@...e-electrons.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] Input: axp20x-pek: add support for AXP221 PEK

Hi Maxime,

On 18/07/2017 09:57, Maxime Ripard wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 09:36:04AM +0200, Quentin Schulz wrote:
>>>> +
>>>> +	error = sysfs_create_group(&pdev->dev.kobj,
>>>> +				   axp20x_pek->attribute_group);
>>>
>>> Wouldn't it make more sense to just store the startup_time structure
>>> in the axp20x_pek structure, rather than duplicating all this?
>>>
>>
>> I don't know. Basically, you would need to recreate manually all the
>> structures in the probe function, but why not.
> 
> Why?
> 
> You have access to axp20x_pek in the readout function. You can just
> use the table stored in the structure here, and just ignore any
> argument you might have.
> 

All I'm saying is that:
struct axp20x_time is referenced in struct axp20x_pek_ext_attr which in
turn is referenced in struct dev_ext_attribute which is referenced in
struct attribute which is reference in const struct attribute_group
which is finally used to add/remove a sysfs group programmatically.

The earlier in the chain you decide to stop duplicating code, the most
structures you have to programmatically create. That was my point.

Quentin

-- 
Quentin Schulz, Free Electrons
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
http://free-electrons.com



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