linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 10/16] dax: Simplify root read-only definition for the 'resource' attribute

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Message-ID: <87lfsls4ac.fsf@linux.ibm.com>
Date:   Tue, 12 Nov 2019 17:19:31 +0530
From:   "Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>, linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org
Cc:     Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@...el.com>,
        Vishal Verma <vishal.l.verma@...el.com>, peterz@...radead.org,
        dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 10/16] dax: Simplify root read-only definition for the 'resource' attribute

Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com> writes:

> Rather than update the permission in ->is_visible() set the permission
> directly at declaration time.
>
Reviewed-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@...ux.ibm.com>

> Cc: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@...el.com>
> Cc: Vishal Verma <vishal.l.verma@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
> ---
>  drivers/dax/bus.c |    4 +---
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/dax/bus.c b/drivers/dax/bus.c
> index f3e6e00ece40..ce6d648d7670 100644
> --- a/drivers/dax/bus.c
> +++ b/drivers/dax/bus.c
> @@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ static ssize_t resource_show(struct device *dev,
>  
>  	return sprintf(buf, "%#llx\n", dev_dax_resource(dev_dax));
>  }
> -static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(resource);
> +static DEVICE_ATTR(resource, 0400, resource_show, NULL);
>  
>  static ssize_t modalias_show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
>  		char *buf)
> @@ -329,8 +329,6 @@ static umode_t dev_dax_visible(struct kobject *kobj, struct attribute *a, int n)
>  
>  	if (a == &dev_attr_target_node.attr && dev_dax_target_node(dev_dax) < 0)
>  		return 0;
> -	if (a == &dev_attr_resource.attr)
> -		return 0400;
>  	return a->mode;
>  }
>