Re: [PATCH v3 25/27] powerpc/powernv/pmem: Expose the serial number in sysfs

From: Andrew Donnellan
Date: Fri Feb 28 2020 - 01:29:36 EST


On 21/2/20 2:27 pm, Alastair D'Silva wrote:
+int ocxlpmem_sysfs_add(struct ocxlpmem *ocxlpmem)
+{
+ int i, rc;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(attrs); i++) {
+ rc = device_create_file(&ocxlpmem->dev, &attrs[i]);
+ if (rc) {
+ for (; --i >= 0;)
+ device_remove_file(&ocxlpmem->dev, &attrs[i]);

I'd rather avoid weird for loop constructs if possible.

Is it actually dangerous to call device_remove_file() on an attr that hasn't been added? If not then I'd rather define an err: label and loop over the whole array there.

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Andrew Donnellan OzLabs, ADL Canberra
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