Re: [PATCH 2/2] tpm: support driver-specific sysfs attrs in tpm_tis_core

[Andrey Pronin]

On Thu, Jul 14, 2016 at 09:23:27PM -0600, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 14, 2016 at 06:51:36PM -0700, Andrey Pronin wrote:
> > -	WARN_ON(chip->groups_cnt != 0);
> 
> Nope.
> 
> > -	const struct attribute_group *groups[3];
> > +	/* up to 4 attribute groups:
> > +	 * - driver-specific
> > +	 * - common TPM1.2 and TPM2.0
> > +	 * - TPM1.2/2.0-specific
> > +	 * - ppi
> > +	 */
> > +	const struct attribute_group *groups[5];
> 
> The prior patch needed to have groups[4], every patch much work.
> 
> > +	if (priv->phy_ops->attr_group)
> > +		chip->groups[chip->groups_cnt++] = priv->phy_ops->attr_group;
> 
> I am really not excited about having driver specific sysfs
> files.
> 
> What is the justification for this?
> 
> Jason

Justification: give access to vendor-specific properties that are
specific to a particular chip and its registers.

Andrey