linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Input: edt-ft5x06 - replace DEFINE_SIMPLE_ATTRIBUTE with DEFINE_DEBUGFS

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Date:   Tue, 1 Nov 2022 11:58:54 -0700
From:   Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
To:     Bo Liu <liubo03@...pur.com>
Cc:     michael@...rulasolutions.com, dario.binacchi@...rulasolutions.com,
        wsa+renesas@...g-engineering.com, oliver.graute@...oconnector.com,
        linux-input@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Input: edt-ft5x06 - replace DEFINE_SIMPLE_ATTRIBUTE with
 DEFINE_DEBUGFS_ATTRIBUTE

Hi Bo,

On Tue, Nov 01, 2022 at 04:14:58AM -0400, Bo Liu wrote:
> Fix the following coccicheck warning:
>   drivers/input/touchscreen/edt-ft5x06.c:756:0-23: WARNING:
>     debugfs_mode_fops should be defined with DEFINE_DEBUGFS_ATTRIBUTE

This is not a great justification for a change. Could you please update
the patch description to document why DEFINE_DEBUGFS_ATTRIBUTE is
preferred over DEFINE_SIMPLE_ATTRIBUTE?

> 
> Signed-off-by: Bo Liu <liubo03@...pur.com>
> ---
>  drivers/input/touchscreen/edt-ft5x06.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/input/touchscreen/edt-ft5x06.c b/drivers/input/touchscreen/edt-ft5x06.c
> index 9ac1378610bc..a184425b6985 100644
> --- a/drivers/input/touchscreen/edt-ft5x06.c
> +++ b/drivers/input/touchscreen/edt-ft5x06.c
> @@ -753,7 +753,7 @@ static int edt_ft5x06_debugfs_mode_set(void *data, u64 mode)
>  	return retval;
>  };
>  
> -DEFINE_SIMPLE_ATTRIBUTE(debugfs_mode_fops, edt_ft5x06_debugfs_mode_get,
> +DEFINE_DEBUGFS_ATTRIBUTE(debugfs_mode_fops, edt_ft5x06_debugfs_mode_get,
>  			edt_ft5x06_debugfs_mode_set, "%llu\n");
>  
>  static ssize_t edt_ft5x06_debugfs_raw_data_read(struct file *file,
> -- 
> 2.27.0
> 

Thanks.

-- 
Dmitry