linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] sysfs: add BIN_ATTR

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Date:   Wed, 4 Sep 2019 13:36:50 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
Cc:     Nayna <nayna@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>, Nayna Jain <nayna@...ux.ibm.com>,
        linuxppc-dev@...abs.org, linux-efi@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
        Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>,
        Jeremy Kerr <jk@...abs.org>,
        Matthew Garret <matthew.garret@...ula.com>,
        Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Claudio Carvalho <cclaudio@...ux.ibm.com>,
        George Wilson <gcwilson@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Elaine Palmer <erpalmer@...ibm.com>,
        Eric Ricther <erichte@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Oliver O'Halloran <oohall@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sysfs: add BIN_ATTR_WO() macro

On Tue, Sep 03, 2019 at 01:37:02PM +1000, Michael Ellerman wrote:
> Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> writes:
> > This variant was missing from sysfs.h, I guess no one noticed it before.
> >
> > Turns out the powerpc secure variable code can use it, so add it to the
> > tree for it, and potentially others to take advantage of, instead of
> > open-coding it.
> >
> > Reported-by: Nayna Jain <nayna@...ux.ibm.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> > ---
> >
> > I'll queue this up to my tree for 5.4-rc1, but if you want to take this
> > in your tree earlier, feel free to do so.
> 
> OK. This series is blocked on the firmware support going in, so at the
> moment it might miss v5.4 anyway. So this going via your tree is no
> problem.

Ok, will queue it up now, thanks!

greg k-h