linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] power: supply: sysfs: parse string as enum when writing property

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Date:   Tue, 11 Apr 2017 11:38:40 -0500
From:   David Lechner <david@...hnology.com>
To:     Sebastian Reichel <sre@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] power: supply: sysfs: parse string as enum when writing
 property

On 04/11/2017 11:12 AM, Sebastian Reichel wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Mon, Apr 03, 2017 at 02:52:57PM -0500, David Lechner wrote:
>> This fixes the TODO to parse strings and convert them to enum values
>> when writing to a power_supply class property sysfs attribute.
>>
>> There is at least one driver that has a writable enum property that
>> previously could only be written as an integer, so a fallback to writing
>> enums as integers instead of strings is provided so we don't break existing
>> userspace programs.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: David Lechner <david@...hnology.com>
>>
>> ---
>>  drivers/power/supply/power_supply_sysfs.c | 124 ++++++++++++++++++++----------
>>  1 file changed, 85 insertions(+), 39 deletions(-)
>
> drivers/power/supply/power_supply_sysfs.c: In function ‘power_supply_store_property’:
> drivers/power/supply/power_supply_sysfs.c:138:9: error: implicit declaration of function ‘sysfs_match_string’ [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]

This is something I found in linux-next. I did not realize it was new. 
It looks like it is part of a patch series for USB-C connectors.[1]

It greatly simplifies things, so I think we should wait for that patch 
to land.


[1]: https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9636485/