linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V5 1/2] watchdog: Use static struct class watchdog

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Message-ID: <567583FD.5070303@roeck-us.net>
Date:	Sat, 19 Dec 2015 08:21:17 -0800
From:	Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
To:	Pratyush Anand <panand@...hat.com>
Cc:	wim@...ana.be, dyoung@...hat.com, dzickus@...hat.com,
	linux-watchdog@...r.kernel.org,
	open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V5 1/2] watchdog: Use static struct class watchdog_class
 in stead of pointer

On 12/18/2015 08:22 PM, Pratyush Anand wrote:
> On 17/12/2015:06:56:27 AM, Guenter Roeck wrote:
>> On 12/17/2015 04:23 AM, Pratyush Anand wrote:
>>> We need few sysfs attributes to know different status of a watchdog device.
>>> To do that, we need to associate .dev_groups with watchdog_class. So
>>> convert it from pointer to static.
>>> Putting this static struct in watchdog_dev.c, so that static device
>>> attributes defined in that file can be attached to it.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Pratyush Anand <panand@...hat.com>
>>> Suggested-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
>>> Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
>>
>> As things evolve, I'd by now prefer to move the call to device_create()
>> into watchdog_dev.c, but that can wait for a follow-up patch if Wim
>> is ok with this series.
>
> Thanks for your quick review.
>
> OK. I will wait for Wim's comment and then may be I will send another
> version with your comment for patch 1/1 incorporated.
>

I reworked my patch to call device_create() from watchdog_dev.c on top of
your patches and on top of Wim's watchdog-next branch. Hopefully we can get
that into v4.5.

Guenter

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