Re: [PATCH v2 17/22] drivers/base: Make device_find_child_by_name() compatible with sysfs inputs

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

On Mon, Jul 13, 2020 at 09:09:18AM -0700, Dan Williams wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 13, 2020 at 8:52 AM Greg Kroah-Hartman
> <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, Jul 13, 2020 at 08:39:43AM -0700, Dan Williams wrote:
> > > On Sun, Jul 12, 2020 at 10:09 AM Greg Kroah-Hartman
> > > <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On Sun, Jul 12, 2020 at 09:27:37AM -0700, Dan Williams wrote:
> > > > > Use sysfs_streq() in device_find_child_by_name() to allow it to use a
> > > > > sysfs input string that might contain a trailing newline.
> > > > >
> > > > > The other "device by name" interfaces,
> > > > > {bus,driver,class}_find_device_by_name(), already account for sysfs
> > > > > strings.
> > > > >
> > > > > Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > ---
> > > > >  drivers/base/core.c |    2 +-
> > > > >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > > > >
> > > > > diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
> > > > > index 67d39a90b45c..5d31b962c898 100644
> > > > > --- a/drivers/base/core.c
> > > > > +++ b/drivers/base/core.c
> > > > > @@ -3078,7 +3078,7 @@ struct device *device_find_child_by_name(struct device *parent,
> > > > >
> > > > >       klist_iter_init(&parent->p->klist_children, &i);
> > > > >       while ((child = next_device(&i)))
> > > > > -             if (!strcmp(dev_name(child), name) && get_device(child))
> > > > > +             if (sysfs_streq(dev_name(child), name) && get_device(child))
> > > >
> > > > Who wants to call this function with a name passed from userspace?
> > > >
> > > > Not objecting to it, just curious...
> > > >
> > >
> > > The series that incorporates this patch adds a partitioning mechanism
> > > to "device-dax region" devices with an:
> > >     "echo 1 > regionX/create" to create a new partition / sub-instance
> > > of a region, and...
> > >     "echo $devname > regionX/delete" to delete. Where $devname is
> > > searched in the child devices of regionX to trigger device_del().
> >
> > Shouldn't that be done in configfs, not sysfs?
> 
> I see configfs as an awkward fit for this situation. configfs wants to
> software define kernel objects whereas this facility wants to augment
> existing kernel enumerated device objects. The region device is
> created by firmware policy and is optionally partitioned, configfs
> objects don't exist at all until created. So for this I see sysfs +
> 'scheme to trigger child device creation' as just enough mechanism
> that does not warrant full blown configfs.
> 
> I believe it was debates like this [1] that have led me to the camp of
> sysfs being capable of some device creation dynamism and leave
> configfs for purely software constructed objects.
> 
> [1]: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/17377.42813.479466.690408@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/

"some" :)

And that was from 2006, ugh, how did you find that...

Ok, that's fine, no objection from me for this patch:

Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>