linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 5/7] sysfs: add support for binary attributes in groups

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Message-ID: <20130711165922.GB23056@kroah.com>
Date:	Thu, 11 Jul 2013 09:59:22 -0700
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	Oliver Schinagl <oliver+list@...inagl.nl>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux@...ck-us.net,
	khali@...ux-fr.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 5/7] sysfs: add support for binary attributes in groups

On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 01:45:53PM +0200, Oliver Schinagl wrote:
> On 11-07-13 02:36, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> >groups should be able to support binary attributes, just like it
> >supports "normal" attributes.  This lets us only handle one type of
> >structure, groups, throughout the driver core and subsystems, making
> >binary attributes a "full fledged" part of the driver model, and not
> >something just "tacked on".
> However when only using binary attributes it warns and doesn't
> create anything. The attached patch fixes that.

Ah, missed that, I didn't have a binary-only attribute group to test
that out, thanks.

> >Reported-by: Oliver Schinagl <oliver+list@...inagl.nl>
> If I may be so bold and ask to change my e-mail address to
> <oliver@...inagl.nl> that would be kind. I use the +list delimiter
> to put all the mailing list mails in a separate mailbox.

Sure, no problem at all, will do so.  And I'll queue up your attached
patch as well, it looks great.

greg k-h
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