Re: [RFC/PATCH] add support for sysdev class attributes

From: Greg KH
Date: Tue Jan 11 2005 - 14:44:44 EST


On Mon, Jan 10, 2005 at 09:58:03AM -0600, Nathan Lynch wrote:
> On Fri, 2005-01-07 at 21:07 -0800, Greg KH wrote:
> > On Fri, Jan 07, 2005 at 04:28:12PM -0600, Nathan Lynch wrote:
> > > @@ -88,6 +123,12 @@ int sysdev_class_register(struct sysdev_
> > > INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cls->drivers);
> > > cls->kset.subsys = &system_subsys;
> > > kset_set_kset_s(cls, system_subsys);
> > > +
> > > + /* I'm not going to claim to understand this; see
> > > + * fs/sysfs/file::check_perm for how sysfs_ops are selected
> > > + */
> > > + cls->kset.kobj.ktype = &sysdev_class_ktype;
> > > +
> >
> > I think you need to understand this, and then submit a patch without
> > such a comment :)
> >
> > And probably without such code, as I don't think you need to do that.
>
> Sure, now I'm not sure how I convinced myself that bit was needed.
> Things work fine without it.
>
> Before I repatch, does sysdev_class_ktype need a release function?

Why would it not?

thanks,

greg k-h
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