RE: [PATCH v5 1/6] misc: Add Synopsys DesignWare xData IP driver

[Gustavo Pimentel]

On Thu, Feb 11, 2021 at 9:30:16, Greg Kroah-Hartman 
<gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Thu, Feb 11, 2021 at 10:08:38AM +0100, Gustavo Pimentel wrote:
> > +static ssize_t write_show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
> > +			  char *buf)
> > +{
> > +	struct pci_dev *pdev = to_pci_dev(dev);
> > +	struct dw_xdata *dw = pci_get_drvdata(pdev);
> > +	u64 rate;
> > +
> > +	mutex_lock(&dw->mutex);
> > +	dw_xdata_perf(dw, &rate, true);
> > +	mutex_unlock(&dw->mutex);
> > +
> > +	return sysfs_emit(buf, "%llu MB/s\n", rate);
> 
> Do not put units in a sysfs file, that should be in the documentation,
> otherwise this forces userspace to "parse" the units which is a mess.

Okay.

> 
> Same for the other sysfs file.
> 
> And why do you need a lock for this show function?

Maybe I understood it wrongly, please correct me in that case. The 
dw_xdata_perf() is called on the write_show() and read_show(), to avoid a 
possible race condition between those calls, I have added this mutex.
Thanks.

-Gustavo

> 
> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h