linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] debugfs: add helper function to create device related seq

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Message-ID: <20141011201732.GB29439@kroah.com>
Date:	Sat, 11 Oct 2014 13:17:32 -0700
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	Arend van Spriel <arend@...adcom.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] debugfs: add helper function to create device related
 seq_file

On Sat, Oct 11, 2014 at 06:09:47PM +0200, Arend van Spriel wrote:
> On 10/11/14 18:01, Arend van Spriel wrote:
> >This patch adds a helper function that simplifies adding a
> >sequence file for device drivers. The calling device driver
> >needs to provide a read function and a device pointer. The
> >field struct seq_file::private will reference the device
> >pointer upon call to the read function so the driver can
> >obtain his data from it and do its seq_printf() calls.
> 
> Maybe should have made this RFC first. Anyways, it is intended for 3.19,
> although I don't mind if it would end up in 3.18 :-p

It's too late for 3.18, sorry.
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