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Message-ID: <51E3C3E0.1050906@mev.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2013 10:41:52 +0100
From: Ian Abbott <abbotti@....co.uk>
To: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
CC: "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
Ian Abbott <ian.abbott@....co.uk>,
"oliver@...inagl.nl" <oliver@...inagl.nl>,
"linux@...ck-us.net" <linux@...ck-us.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 01/10] Driver core and sysfs changes for attribute
groups
On 2013-07-15 00:05, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> Ian, I didn't add a DEVICE_PATTR() macro yet, that can come later. I
> considered it, but that would also mean a BUS_PATTR() and the like, which I
> guess works, but I hate even a _hint_ of "Hungarian" notation, which this
> implies.
>
> Anyone else have a better name for this macro:
> #define DEVICE_PATTR(_name) &dev_attr_##_name.attr
> that they can think of? It will cut down on the typing done for
> attribute lists.
DEVICE_ATTR_P or DEV_ATTR_P to save typing. Or would that be confused
with the P convention[1]? If so, DEVICE_ATTR_PTR or DEV_ATTR_PTR could
be used.
[1] see Jargon File.
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