Re: [PATCH 3/9] eeepc-laptop: use DEVICE_ATTR* to instantiate device_attributes

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Wed Sep 17 2014 - 18:07:43 EST


On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 11:47:21PM +0200, Frans Klaver wrote:
> Device attributes are instantiated manually, while we have DEVICE_ATTR*
> macros available to do much of the work for us. Let's use them.
>
> Signed-off-by: Frans Klaver <fransklaver@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/platform/x86/eeepc-laptop.c | 34 ++++------------------------------
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/eeepc-laptop.c b/drivers/platform/x86/eeepc-laptop.c
> index 0094449..db26f78 100644
> --- a/drivers/platform/x86/eeepc-laptop.c
> +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/eeepc-laptop.c
> @@ -308,13 +308,7 @@ static ssize_t show_sys_acpi(struct device *dev, int cm, char *buf)
> { \
> return store_sys_acpi(dev, _cm, buf, count); \
> } \
> - static struct device_attribute dev_attr_##_name = { \
> - .attr = { \
> - .name = __stringify(_name), \
> - .mode = _mode }, \
> - .show = _name##_show, \
> - .store = _name##_store, \
> - }
> + static DEVICE_ATTR(_name, _mode, _name##_show, _name##_store)

Can you change this to be DEVICE_ATTR_RO()?

If not, split it up into 2 different macros, one using the _RW and one
_RO version, _never_ have the driver specify the mode of the sysfs file
please.

thanks,

greg k-h
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