linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5/6] GenWQE Sysfs interfaces

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Date:	Tue, 03 Dec 2013 13:53:13 +0100
From:	Frank Haverkamp <haver@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, arnd@...db.de,
	cody@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, schwidefsky@...ibm.com,
	utz.bacher@...ibm.com, mmarek@...e.cz, rmallon@...il.com,
	jsvogt@...ibm.com, MIJUNG@...ibm.com, cascardo@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
	michael@...ra.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/6] GenWQE Sysfs interfaces

Hi Greg,

thanks for taking your time to review our code once more.

Am Mittwoch, den 27.11.2013, 11:22 -0800 schrieb Greg KH:
> On Wed, Nov 06, 2013 at 01:45:42PM +0100, Frank Haverkamp wrote:
> > +/**
> > + * genwqe_init_sysfs() - Setup sysfs entries of the card device
> > + */
> > +int genwqe_init_sysfs(struct genwqe_dev *cd)
> > +{
> > +	int rc;
> > +
> > +	rc = sysfs_create_group(&cd->dev->kobj, &genwqe_attribute_group);
> > +	if (rc)
> > +		return -ENXIO;
> > +
> > +	return 0;
> > +}
> 
> Why isn't this group the "default" one for the device?  That way you
> don't have to explicitly create/remove it, the driver core handles it
> all automatically for you, and you don't race with userspace when it is
> created/announced.

I found the ..._with_groups variant of device_create:
        cd->dev = device_create_with_groups(cd->class_genwqe,
                                            &cd->pci_dev->dev,
                                            cd->devnum_genwqe, cd,
                                            genwqe_attribute_groups,
                                            GENWQE_DEVNAME "%u_card",
                                            cd->card_idx);

This works nicely for me too. Is that what you had in mind?
It saves two functions and if it gets rid of the race, nice.

> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h
> 
Regards

Frank


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