RE: [PATCH 0/2] use DEFINE_DEBUGFS_ATTRIBUTE instead of DEFINE_SIMPLE_ATTRIBUTE
From: Sa, Nuno
Date: Tue Mar 31 2020 - 11:31:08 EST
> From: Rohit Sarkar <rohitsarkar5398@xxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Dienstag, 31. März 2020 13:50
> To: Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@xxxxxxxxxx>
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> Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] use DEFINE_DEBUGFS_ATTRIBUTE instead of
> DEFINE_SIMPLE_ATTRIBUTE
>
> Hey Nuno,
> > > > >
> > > > I don't have the exact parts that this patch is touching but I have other
> parts where this patch
> > > > applies and should be same. So, the idea to test this is to read the files in
> debugfs? Maybe also
> > > > some unbind + binding?
> > > >
> > > > I will try to test this still today...
> > >
> > > The stress test is to open the debugfs file, then unbind the device and then
> > > read from the still open debugfs file.
> > Yes, also just to be sure, we need to test DEFINE_DEBUGFS_ATTRIBUTE
> > along with debugfs_create_file_unsafe. I will send out another patch
> > that changes debugfs_create_file to debugfs_create_file_unsafe and then
> > that can be tested.
> Have sent out a v2 that is ready to be tested
So I tested your changes in a different HW but the principle is the same.
It worked as expected. Unbinding the device and doing a read on an opened file
descriptor afterwards returns error...
- Nuno Sá
> > > - Lars
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Rohit
> Thanks,
> Rohit