Re: [RFC/PATCH] add support for sysdev class attributes

From: Nathan Lynch
Date: Mon Jan 10 2005 - 10:53:53 EST


On Fri, 2005-01-07 at 21:07 -0800, Greg KH wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 07, 2005 at 04:28:12PM -0600, Nathan Lynch wrote:
> > @@ -88,6 +123,12 @@ int sysdev_class_register(struct sysdev_
> > INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cls->drivers);
> > cls->kset.subsys = &system_subsys;
> > kset_set_kset_s(cls, system_subsys);
> > +
> > + /* I'm not going to claim to understand this; see
> > + * fs/sysfs/file::check_perm for how sysfs_ops are selected
> > + */
> > + cls->kset.kobj.ktype = &sysdev_class_ktype;
> > +
>
> I think you need to understand this, and then submit a patch without
> such a comment :)
>
> And probably without such code, as I don't think you need to do that.

Sure, now I'm not sure how I convinced myself that bit was needed.
Things work fine without it.

Before I repatch, does sysdev_class_ktype need a release function?


Thanks,
Nathan


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