linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] Input: axp20x-pek: add support for AXP221 PEK

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Date:   Tue, 18 Jul 2017 09:57:07 +0200
From:   Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@...e-electrons.com>
To:     Quentin Schulz <quentin.schulz@...e-electrons.com>
Cc:     dmitry.torokhov@...il.com, wens@...e.org, lee.jones@...aro.org,
        hdegoede@...hat.com, linux-input@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, thomas.petazzoni@...e-electrons.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] Input: axp20x-pek: add support for AXP221 PEK

On Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 09:36:04AM +0200, Quentin Schulz wrote:
> >> +
> >> +	error = sysfs_create_group(&pdev->dev.kobj,
> >> +				   axp20x_pek->attribute_group);
> > 
> > Wouldn't it make more sense to just store the startup_time structure
> > in the axp20x_pek structure, rather than duplicating all this?
> > 
> 
> I don't know. Basically, you would need to recreate manually all the
> structures in the probe function, but why not.

Why?

You have access to axp20x_pek in the readout function. You can just
use the table stored in the structure here, and just ignore any
argument you might have.

Maxime

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