Re: [PATCH RESEND v2] char: misc:use DEFINE_PROC_SHOW_ATTRIBUTE micro to simplify misc proc_fops

From: Greg KH
Date: Tue Apr 26 2022 - 06:51:21 EST


On Sun, Apr 10, 2022 at 03:16:27PM +0000, Junwen Wu wrote:
> From: wujunwen <wudaemon@xxxxxxx>
>
> DEFINE_PROC_SHOW_ATTRIBUTE is used to simply seq_file flow ,so
> we can use it to simplify misc proc_fops.
>
> Signed-off-by: wujunwen <wudaemon@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> V1 -> V2: Fix compile error with no "CONFIG_PROC_FS"
>
> drivers/char/misc.c | 41 ++++++++++++++---------------------------
> 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/char/misc.c b/drivers/char/misc.c
> index ca5141ed5ef3..076b7f08aa7a 100644
> --- a/drivers/char/misc.c
> +++ b/drivers/char/misc.c
> @@ -64,40 +64,23 @@ static DEFINE_MUTEX(misc_mtx);
> static DECLARE_BITMAP(misc_minors, DYNAMIC_MINORS);
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
> -static void *misc_seq_start(struct seq_file *seq, loff_t *pos)
> -{
> - mutex_lock(&misc_mtx);
> - return seq_list_start(&misc_list, *pos);
> -}
>
> -static void *misc_seq_next(struct seq_file *seq, void *v, loff_t *pos)
> +static int misc_show(struct seq_file *seq, void *v)
> {
> - return seq_list_next(v, &misc_list, pos);
> -}
> + const struct miscdevice *p;
>
> -static void misc_seq_stop(struct seq_file *seq, void *v)
> -{
> + mutex_lock(&misc_mtx);
> + list_for_each_entry(p, &misc_list, list) {
> + seq_printf(seq, "%3i %s\n", p->minor, p->name ? p->name : "");
> + }
> mutex_unlock(&misc_mtx);
> -}
> -
> -static int misc_seq_show(struct seq_file *seq, void *v)
> -{
> - const struct miscdevice *p = list_entry(v, struct miscdevice, list);
> -
> - seq_printf(seq, "%3i %s\n", p->minor, p->name ? p->name : "");
> return 0;
> }
>
> -
> -static const struct seq_operations misc_seq_ops = {
> - .start = misc_seq_start,
> - .next = misc_seq_next,
> - .stop = misc_seq_stop,
> - .show = misc_seq_show,
> -};
> +DEFINE_PROC_SHOW_ATTRIBUTE(misc);
> #endif
>
> -static int misc_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
> +static int misc_fops_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
> {
> int minor = iminor(inode);
> struct miscdevice *c;
> @@ -148,7 +131,7 @@ static struct class *misc_class;
>
> static const struct file_operations misc_fops = {
> .owner = THIS_MODULE,
> - .open = misc_open,
> + .open = misc_fops_open,
> .llseek = noop_llseek,
> };
>
> @@ -266,9 +249,11 @@ static char *misc_devnode(struct device *dev, umode_t *mode)
> static int __init misc_init(void)
> {
> int err;
> +#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
> struct proc_dir_entry *ret;
>
> - ret = proc_create_seq("misc", 0, NULL, &misc_seq_ops);
> + ret = proc_create("misc", 0, NULL, &misc_proc_ops);
> +#endif

Any way to do this without the #ifdef in the middle of the function?
Otherwise it's not worth taking this change at all.

thanks,

greg k-h