...
> ...
> > > > +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?
Thanks
-- Christoph
