linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/6] sysfs.h: add ATTRIBUTE

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Message-ID: <20130710230903.GA22800@roeck-us.net>
Date:	Wed, 10 Jul 2013 16:09:03 -0700
From:	Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
To:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, oliver+list@...inagl.nl,
	khali@...ux-fr.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/6] sysfs.h: add ATTRIBUTE_GROUPS() macro

On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 03:57:30PM -0700, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 03:48:56PM -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> > On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 01:05:10PM -0700, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > > To make it easier for driver subsystems to work with attribute groups,
> > > create the ATTRIBUTE_GROUPS macro to remove some of the repetitive
> > > typing for the most common use for attribute groups.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> > > ---
> > >  include/linux/sysfs.h | 9 +++++++++
> > >  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/include/linux/sysfs.h b/include/linux/sysfs.h
> > > index 9cd20c8..f62ff01 100644
> > > --- a/include/linux/sysfs.h
> > > +++ b/include/linux/sysfs.h
> > > @@ -94,6 +94,15 @@ struct attribute_group {
> > >  #define __ATTR_IGNORE_LOCKDEP	__ATTR
> > >  #endif
> > >  
> > > +#define ATTRIBUTE_GROUPS(name)					\
> > 
> > Would it be possible to add is_visible as additional argument ?
> 
> I thought about the other options (multiple groups, is_visible, and
> bin_attrs), but those are almost all not the "normal" usage, so I figure
> it's worth the extra 6 lines of text if you want to support is_visible
> or binary attributes.
> 
Ok, fair enough.

Thanks,
Guenter
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