Re: [PATCH v4 11/12] fpga: dfl: fme: add global error reporting support

[Greg KH]

On Wed, Aug 07, 2019 at 04:08:25PM +0800, Wu Hao wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 07, 2019 at 10:45:22AM +0800, Wu Hao wrote:
> > On Mon, Aug 05, 2019 at 05:56:26PM +0200, Greg KH wrote:
> > > On Sun, Aug 04, 2019 at 06:20:21PM +0800, Wu Hao wrote:
> > > > +static int fme_global_err_init(struct platform_device *pdev,
> > > > +			       struct dfl_feature *feature)
> > > > +{
> > > > +	struct device *dev;
> > > > +	int ret = 0;
> > > > +
> > > > +	dev = kzalloc(sizeof(*dev), GFP_KERNEL);
> > > > +	if (!dev)
> > > > +		return -ENOMEM;
> > > > +
> > > > +	dev->parent = &pdev->dev;
> > > > +	dev->release = err_dev_release;
> > > > +	dev_set_name(dev, "errors");
> > > > +
> > > > +	fme_error_enable(feature);
> > > > +
> > > > +	ret = device_register(dev);
> > > > +	if (ret) {
> > > > +		put_device(dev);
> > > > +		return ret;
> > > > +	}
> > > > +
> > > > +	ret = device_add_groups(dev, error_groups);
> > > 
> > > cute, but no, you do not create a whole struct device for a subdir.  Use
> > > the attribute group name like you did on earlier patches.
> > 
> > Sure, let me fix it in the next version.
> > 
> > > 
> > > And again, you raced userspace and lost :(
> > 
> > Same here, could you please give some more hints here?
> 
> Oh.. I see..
> 
> I should follow [1] as this is a platform driver. I will fix it. Thanks!
> 
> [PATCH 00/11] Platform drivers, provide a way to add sysfs groups easily
> 
> [1]https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/7/4/181

Yes, that is the correct thing to do.

thanks,

greg k-h