Re: [PATCH v3 01/11] can: Add LIN bus as CAN abstraction

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On Wed, 2024-05-08 at 19:48 +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Wed, May 08, 2024 at 08:20:51PM +0200, Christoph Fritz wrote:
> > ...
> > > ...
> > > > > > +static int lin_create_sysfs_id_files(struct net_device *ndev)
> > > > > > +{
> > > > > > +	struct lin_device *ldev = netdev_priv(ndev);
> > > > > > +	struct kobj_attribute *attr;
> > > > > > +	int ret;
> > > > > > +
> > > > > > +	for (int id = 0; id < LIN_NUM_IDS; id++) {
> > > > > > +		ldev->sysfs_entries[id].ldev = ldev;
> > > > > > +		attr = &ldev->sysfs_entries[id].attr;
> > > > > > +		attr->attr.name = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%02x", id);
> > > > > > +		if (!attr->attr.name)
> > > > > > +			return -ENOMEM;
> > > > > > +		attr->attr.mode = 0644;
> > > > > > +		attr->show = lin_identifier_show;
> > > > > > +		attr->store = lin_identifier_store;
> > > > > > +
> > > > > > +		sysfs_attr_init(&attr->attr);
> > > > > > +		ret = sysfs_create_file(ldev->lin_ids_kobj, &attr->attr);
> > > > > > +		if (ret) {
> > > > > > +			kfree(attr->attr.name);
> > > > > > +			return -ENOMEM;
> > > > > > +		}
> > > > > > +	}
> > > > > > +
> > > > > > +	return 0;
> > > > > > +}
> > > > > 
> > > > > Can you use .dev_groups instead ?
> > > > 
> > > > I'm not sure where to attach this in this glue code here. Should I do a
> > > > class_register() and add the .dev_groups there?
> > > 
> > > I guess struct class would be correct direction but I'm not sure if it's 
> > > viable in this case. It would avoid the need for custom sysfs setup code
> > > if it's workable.
> > 
> > I just tried to find a way, but these are 64 sysfs files and declaring
> > them all static looks a bit odd to me. I might be missing something
> > here.
> > 
> > For v4 I would stick to the dynamic setup and fix the rollback.
> > 
> > Any objections?
> 
> Yes, you race with userspace and loose by trying to do this "by hand".
> Make this static please.

OK, static init coming up in v4

thanks
  -- Christoph




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