Re: [PATCH] drm/i915/gvt: Replace DEFINE_SIMPLE_ATTRIBUTE by DEFINE_DEBUGFS_ATTRIBUTE

[Deepak R Varma]

On Fri, Dec 16, 2022 at 09:37:47PM +0530, Deepak R Varma wrote:
> The DEFINE_DEBUGFS_ATTRIBUTE macro has implementation for protecting the
> read/write file operations from removal race conditions. This further
> enables using debugfs_create_file_unsafe() function since there is no need
> for a proxy file operations struct for protection. Hence replace the
> DEFINE_SIMPLE_ATTRIBUTE macro by DEFINE_DEBUGFS_ATTRIBUTE and the
> debugfs_create_file() by the lightweight debugfs_create_file_unsafe()
> versions.
>
> This issue was identified using the coccinelle debugfs_simple_attr.cocci
> semantic patch.
>
> Signed-off-by: Deepak R Varma <drv@xxxxxxxxx>

Hello,
May I please request a review and feedback on this change proposal?

Thank you,
./drv


> ---
> Please note: The changes are compile tested only.
>
>  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/debugfs.c | 10 +++++-----
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/debugfs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/debugfs.c
> index 9f1c209d9251..a45a43c35a6b 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/debugfs.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/debugfs.c
> @@ -147,9 +147,9 @@ vgpu_scan_nonprivbb_set(void *data, u64 val)
>  	return 0;
>  }
>
> -DEFINE_SIMPLE_ATTRIBUTE(vgpu_scan_nonprivbb_fops,
> -			vgpu_scan_nonprivbb_get, vgpu_scan_nonprivbb_set,
> -			"0x%llx\n");
> +DEFINE_DEBUGFS_ATTRIBUTE(vgpu_scan_nonprivbb_fops,
> +			 vgpu_scan_nonprivbb_get, vgpu_scan_nonprivbb_set,
> +			 "0x%llx\n");
>
>  /**
>   * intel_gvt_debugfs_add_vgpu - register debugfs entries for a vGPU
> @@ -165,8 +165,8 @@ void intel_gvt_debugfs_add_vgpu(struct intel_vgpu *vgpu)
>  	debugfs_create_bool("active", 0444, vgpu->debugfs, &vgpu->active);
>  	debugfs_create_file("mmio_diff", 0444, vgpu->debugfs, vgpu,
>  			    &vgpu_mmio_diff_fops);
> -	debugfs_create_file("scan_nonprivbb", 0644, vgpu->debugfs, vgpu,
> -			    &vgpu_scan_nonprivbb_fops);
> +	debugfs_create_file_unsafe("scan_nonprivbb", 0644, vgpu->debugfs, vgpu,
> +				   &vgpu_scan_nonprivbb_fops);
>  }
>
>  /**
> --
> 2.34.1
>