linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] nvmem: core: clear sysfs attributes for each NVMEM device

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Date:   Wed, 19 Jul 2023 10:13:27 +0200
From:   Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@...tlin.com>
To:     Daniel Golle <daniel@...rotopia.org>
Cc:     Srinivas Kandagatla <srinivas.kandagatla@...aro.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] nvmem: core: clear sysfs attributes for each NVMEM
 device

Hi Daniel,

daniel@...rotopia.org wrote on Tue, 18 Jul 2023 16:29:07 +0100:

> On Tue, Jul 18, 2023 at 03:55:56PM +0100, Srinivas Kandagatla wrote:
> > HI Daniel,
> > 
> > On 18/07/2023 14:55, Daniel Golle wrote:  
> > > Set nvmem_cells_group.bin_attrs to NULL in case of an NVMEM device not
> > > having any cells in order to make sure sysfs attributes of a previously
> > > registered NVMEM device are not accidentally reused for a follow-up
> > > device which doesn't have any cells.
> > > 
> > > Fixes: 757f8b3835c9 ("nvmem: core: Expose cells through sysfs")  
> > 
> > These patches are dropped out of nvmem next branch as it was breaking some
> > existing users.  
> 
> Ok. I've encountered those commits in linux-next and can confirm that
> they were definitely also breaking things here, hence my patches at
> least partially fixing that.
> 
> I agree that reverting them for now and reworking them seems to be the
> better option in this case, hence my patches won't be needed as such.

Quite the opposite, on my setup I don't have any breakage but as you
already fixed the cell name issue (also reported by Chen-yu), if you
agree, I will include these fixes (or an improved version) in my next
proposal.

Thanks,
Miquèl