linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 3/3] drivers/base/node.c: use bin_attribute to break the size limitation of cpumap ABI

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Date:   Fri, 2 Jul 2021 13:03:36 +0300
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Barry Song <song.bao.hua@...ilicon.com>
Cc:     gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, dave.hansen@...el.com,
        yury.norov@...il.com, linux@...musvillemoes.dk, rafael@...nel.org,
        rdunlap@...radead.org, agordeev@...ux.ibm.com, sbrivio@...hat.com,
        jianpeng.ma@...el.com, valentin.schneider@....com,
        peterz@...radead.org, bristot@...hat.com, guodong.xu@...aro.org,
        tangchengchang@...wei.com, prime.zeng@...ilicon.com,
        yangyicong@...wei.com, tim.c.chen@...ux.intel.com,
        linuxarm@...wei.com, Tian Tao <tiantao6@...ilicon.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 3/3] drivers/base/node.c: use bin_attribute to break
 the size limitation of cpumap ABI

On Fri, Jul 02, 2021 at 09:25:59PM +1200, Barry Song wrote:
> From: Tian Tao <tiantao6@...ilicon.com>
> 
> Reading sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/nodeX/ returns cpumap and cpulist.
> However, the size of this file is limited to PAGE_SIZE because of the
> limitation for sysfs attribute.
> 
> This patch moves to use bin_attribute to extend the ABI to be more
> than one page so that cpumap bitmask and list won't be potentially
> trimmed.

...

>  }
>  
> -static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(cpumap);
>  
> -static inline ssize_t cpulist_show(struct device *dev,
> -				   struct device_attribute *attr,
> -				   char *buf)
> +static BIN_ATTR_RO(cpumap, 0);

It will be extra blank line after this change.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko