linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] add a private data field within kobj

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Message-ID: <20080225074705.GA19885@kroah.com>
Date:	Sun, 24 Feb 2008 23:47:05 -0800
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	Kohei KaiGai <kaigai@...jp.nec.com>
Cc:	morgan@...nel.org, serue@...ibm.com,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] add a private data field within kobj_attribute
	structure (final#2)

On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 03:57:44PM +0900, Kohei KaiGai wrote:
> Greg KH wrote:
>> On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 03:10:27PM +0900, Kohei KaiGai wrote:
>>> [PATCH 1/3] add a private data field within kobj_attribute structure.
>>>
>>> This patch add a private data field, declared as void *, within 
>>> kobj_attribute
>>> structure. The _show() and _store() method in the sysfs attribute entries 
>>> can
>>> refer this information to identify what entry is accessed.
>>> It makes easier to share a single method implementation with several 
>>> similar
>>> entries, like ones to export the list of capabilities the running kernel
>>> supports.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: KaiGai Kohei <kaigai@...jp.nec.com>
>>> --
>>>  Documentation/kobject.txt |    6 ++++++
>> That's good, but you didn't modify the sample/kobject/ file to use the
>> new void pointer, instead of the strcmp() call.
>
> The 3/3 of patches updates sample/kobject to use the new void pointer.
> Do you want it to replace strcmp() examples completly?

Doh, I totally missed that one, very sorry.  I'll be glad to take
patches 1 and 3 in my tree, if you want me to.

thanks,

greg k-h
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