Re: [PATCH 2/2] UBI: block: Implement kernel_param_ops->get()

From: Richard Weinberger
Date: Wed Mar 19 2014 - 09:23:38 EST


Am 19.03.2014 14:15, schrieb Ezequiel Garcia:
> Hi Richard,
>
> On Mar 19, Richard Weinberger wrote:
>> The ->get() function is not optional.
>>
>
> [..]
>> static struct kernel_param_ops ubiblock_param_ops = {
>> .set = ubiblock_set_param,
>> + .get = param_get_charp,
>> };
>> module_param_cb(block, &ubiblock_param_ops, NULL, 0);
>
> The comment for the function says they are both optional:
>
> /**
> * module_param_cb - general callback for a module/cmdline parameter
> * @name: a valid C identifier which is the parameter name.
> * @ops: the set & get operations for this parameter.
> * @perm: visibility in sysfs.
> *
> * The ops can have NULL set or get functions.
> */
>
> This has no visibility in sysfs, so I can't see how having a NULL
> get() is a problem. What's the issue you're trying to fix here?
>
> Maybe I'm missing something?
>

Maybe I've misread the struct.

struct kernel_param_ops {
/* How the ops should behave */
unsigned int flags;
/* Returns 0, or -errno. arg is in kp->arg. */
int (*set)(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp);
/* Returns length written or -errno. Buffer is 4k (ie. be short!) */
int (*get)(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp);
/* Optional function to free kp->arg when module unloaded. */
void (*free)(void *arg);
};

To me it looks like only ->free is optional.

Thanks,
//richard
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