linux-kernel - [PATCH RFC 02/10] sysfs: introduce callback attribute_group::bin

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Message-Id: <20241031-sysfs-const-bin_attr-v1-2-2281afa7f055@weissschuh.net>
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2024 02:43:51 +0000
From: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@...ssschuh.net>
To: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, 
 "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
 Thomas Weißschuh <linux@...ssschuh.net>
Subject: [PATCH RFC 02/10] sysfs: introduce callback
 attribute_group::bin_size

Several drivers need to dynamically calculate the size of an binary
attribute. Currently this is done by assigning attr->size from the
is_bin_visible() callback.

This has drawbacks:
* It is not documented.
* A single attribute can be instantiated multiple times, overwriting the
  shared size field.
* It prevents the structure to be moved to read-only memory.

Introduce a new dedicated callback to calculate the size of the
attribute.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@...ssschuh.net>
---
 fs/sysfs/group.c      | 2 ++
 include/linux/sysfs.h | 8 ++++++++
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/fs/sysfs/group.c b/fs/sysfs/group.c
index 45b2e92941da1f49dcc71af3781317c61480c956..8b01a7eda5fb3239e138372417d01967c7a3f122 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/group.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/group.c
@@ -98,6 +98,8 @@ static int create_files(struct kernfs_node *parent, struct kobject *kobj,
 				if (!mode)
 					continue;
 			}
+			if (grp->bin_size)
+				size = grp->bin_size(kobj, *bin_attr, i);

 			WARN(mode & ~(SYSFS_PREALLOC | 0664),
 			     "Attribute %s: Invalid permissions 0%o\n",
diff --git a/include/linux/sysfs.h b/include/linux/sysfs.h
index c4e64dc112063f7cb89bf66059d0338716089e87..4746cccb95898b24df6f53de9421ea7649b5568f 100644
--- a/include/linux/sysfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/sysfs.h
@@ -87,6 +87,11 @@ do {							\
  *		SYSFS_GROUP_VISIBLE() when assigning this callback to
  *		specify separate _group_visible() and _attr_visible()
  *		handlers.
+ * @bin_size:
+ *		Optional: Function to return the size of a binary attribute
+ *		of the group. Will be called repeatedly for each binary
+ *		attribute in the group. Overwrites the size field embedded
+ *		inside the attribute itself.
  * @attrs:	Pointer to NULL terminated list of attributes.
  * @bin_attrs:	Pointer to NULL terminated list of binary attributes.
  *		Either attrs or bin_attrs or both must be provided.
@@ -97,6 +102,9 @@ struct attribute_group {
 					      struct attribute *, int);
 	umode_t			(*is_bin_visible)(struct kobject *,
 						  struct bin_attribute *, int);
+	size_t			(*bin_size)(struct kobject *,
+					    const struct bin_attribute *,
+					    int);
 	struct attribute	**attrs;
 	struct bin_attribute	**bin_attrs;
 };

-- 
2.47.0