linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] UIO: introduce sysfs_ops for map_attr

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Date:	Tue, 19 Feb 2008 22:54:06 -0800
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	Brandon Philips <brandon@...p.org>
Cc:	Hans-J??rgen Koch <hjk@...utronix.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] UIO: introduce sysfs_ops for map_attr_ktype

On Tue, Feb 19, 2008 at 01:55:05AM -0800, Brandon Philips wrote:
> This fixes two bugs with UIO that cropped up recently in -rc1
> 
> 1) WARNING: at fs/sysfs/file.c:334 sysfs_open_file when trying to open
>    a map addr/size file - complaining about missing sysfs_ops for ktype
>         
> 2) Permission denied when reading uio/uio0/maps/map0/{addr,size} when
>    files are mode S_IRUGO
> 
> Also fix a typo: attr_attribute -> addr_attribute
> 
> Signed-off-by: Brandon Philips <bphilips@...e.de>

Hm, I thought I could get away with just using a kobject attribute, not
a special one.

Thanks for fixing this, it was my fault.

greg k-h
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