linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Create PNP device attributes via dev

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Date:	Wed, 24 Sep 2008 12:03:39 -0700
From:	"Kay Sievers" <kay.sievers@...y.org>
To:	"Drew Moseley" <dmoseley@...sta.com>
Cc:	ambx1@....rr.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Create PNP device attributes via dev_attrs field of struct device

On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 10:22, Drew Moseley <dmoseley@...sta.com> wrote:
> Kay Sievers wrote:
>>
>> Any reason not to assign it statically to pnp_bus_type at in
>> drivers/pnp/driver.c?

> Not really but since everything in the dev_attrs array is statically
> defined in interface.c it was simpler to implement it this way.  To
> assign it in driver.c, the array can be made non-static and an extern
> added in driver.c, or the array definition can be moved to driver.c and
> all the set and show functions be made non-static.  Is there a preference?

Yeah, it looks weird to mangle the bus_type values from a device
routine, and set the same value again and again with every device
creation. Just declare the array non-static, if moving the code around
between files does not allow a static declaration.

Thanks,
Kay
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