Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 23 Mar 2019 23:48:21 -0400 | From | Kimberly Brown <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] kobject: Add support for default attribute groups to kobj_type |
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On Sat, Mar 23, 2019 at 07:07:37AM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > On Fri, Mar 22, 2019 at 04:14:40PM -0400, Kimberly Brown wrote: > > kobj_type currently uses a list of individual attributes to store > > default attributes. Attribute groups are more flexible than a list of > > attributes because groups provide support for attribute visibility. So, > > add support for default attribute groups to kobj_type. > > > > In future patches, the existing uses of kobj_type’s attribute list will > > be converted to attribute groups. When that is complete, kobj_type’s > > attribute list, “default_attrs”, will be removed. > > > > Signed-off-by: Kimberly Brown <kimbrownkd@gmail.com> > > --- > > include/linux/kobject.h | 3 ++- > > lib/kobject.c | 14 ++++++++++++++ > > 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > Yes! Thanks for doing this. > > But how did you test it? Did you convert any kobj_type structures to > the attribute group and see that all was the same? Ideally I'd like to > take this patch with at least one subsystem that uses the change, > otherwise this looks like unused code in the kernel.
Yes, I tested it by converting a couple of kobj_type structures, including one that I recently added an is_visible() function to (vmbus_chan_ktype in the hv_vmbus driver).
I'll put together a patchset with this patch and at least one subsystem's changes.
Thanks, Kim
> > thanks, > > greg k-h
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