On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 06:30:37PM +0100, Sudeep Holla wrote: > +static const struct device_attribute *cache_optional_attrs[] = { > + &dev_attr_coherency_line_size, > + &dev_attr_ways_of_associativity, > + &dev_attr_number_of_sets, > + &dev_attr_size, > + &dev_attr_attributes, > + &dev_attr_physical_line_partition, > + NULL > +}; > + > +static int device_add_attrs(struct device *dev, > + const struct device_attribute **dev_attrs) > +{ > + int i, error = 0; > + struct device_attribute *dev_attr; > + char *buf; > + > + if (!dev_attrs) > + return 0; > + > + buf = kmalloc(PAGE_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL); > + if (!buf) > + return -ENOMEM; > + > + for (i = 0; dev_attrs[i]; i++) { > + dev_attr = (struct device_attribute *)dev_attrs[i]; > + > + /* create attributes that provides meaningful value */ > + if (dev_attr->show(dev, dev_attr, buf) < 0) > + continue; > + > + error = device_create_file(dev, dev_attrs[i]); > + if (error) { > + while (--i >= 0) > + device_remove_file(dev, dev_attrs[i]); > + break; > + } > + } > + > + kfree(buf); > + return error; > +} Ick, why create your own function for this when the driver core has this functionality built into it? Look at the is_visible() callback, and how it is use for an attribute group please. > +static void device_remove_attrs(struct device *dev, > + const struct device_attribute **dev_attrs) > +{ > + int i; > + > + if (!dev_attrs) > + return; > + > + for (i = 0; dev_attrs[i]; dev_attrs++, i++) > + device_remove_file(dev, dev_attrs[i]); > +} You should just remove a whole group at once, not individually. > + > +const struct device_attribute ** > +__weak cache_get_priv_attr(struct device *cache_idx_dev) > +{ > + return NULL; > +} > + > +/* Add/Remove cache interface for CPU device */ > +static void cpu_cache_sysfs_exit(unsigned int cpu) > +{ > + int i; > + struct device *tmp_dev; > + const struct device_attribute **ci_priv_attr; > + > + if (per_cpu_index_dev(cpu)) { > + for (i = 0; i < cache_leaves(cpu); i++) { > + tmp_dev = per_cache_index_dev(cpu, i); > + if (!tmp_dev) > + continue; > + ci_priv_attr = cache_get_priv_attr(tmp_dev); > + device_remove_attrs(tmp_dev, ci_priv_attr); > + device_remove_attrs(tmp_dev, cache_optional_attrs); > + device_unregister(tmp_dev); > + } > + kfree(per_cpu_index_dev(cpu)); > + per_cpu_index_dev(cpu) = NULL; > + } > + device_unregister(per_cpu_cache_dev(cpu)); > + per_cpu_cache_dev(cpu) = NULL; > +} > + > +static int cpu_cache_sysfs_init(unsigned int cpu) > +{ > + struct device *dev = get_cpu_device(cpu); > + > + if (per_cpu_cacheinfo(cpu) == NULL) > + return -ENOENT; > + > + per_cpu_cache_dev(cpu) = device_create(dev->class, dev, cpu, > + NULL, "cache"); > + if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(per_cpu_cache_dev(cpu))) > + return PTR_ERR(per_cpu_cache_dev(cpu)); > + > + /* Allocate all required memory */ > + per_cpu_index_dev(cpu) = kzalloc(sizeof(struct device *) * > + cache_leaves(cpu), GFP_KERNEL); > + if (unlikely(per_cpu_index_dev(cpu) == NULL)) > + goto err_out; > + > + return 0; > + > +err_out: > + cpu_cache_sysfs_exit(cpu); > + return -ENOMEM; > +} > + > +static int cache_add_dev(unsigned int cpu) > +{ > + unsigned short i; > + int rc; > + struct device *tmp_dev, *parent; > + struct cacheinfo *this_leaf; > + const struct device_attribute **ci_priv_attr; > + struct cpu_cacheinfo *this_cpu_ci = get_cpu_cacheinfo(cpu); > + > + rc = cpu_cache_sysfs_init(cpu); > + if (unlikely(rc < 0)) > + return rc; > + > + parent = per_cpu_cache_dev(cpu); > + for (i = 0; i < cache_leaves(cpu); i++) { > + this_leaf = this_cpu_ci->info_list + i; > + if (this_leaf->disable_sysfs) > + continue; > + tmp_dev = device_create_with_groups(parent->class, parent, i, > + this_leaf, > + cache_default_groups, > + "index%1u", i); > + if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(tmp_dev)) { > + rc = PTR_ERR(tmp_dev); > + goto err; > + } > + > + rc = device_add_attrs(tmp_dev, cache_optional_attrs); > + if (unlikely(rc)) > + goto err; > + > + ci_priv_attr = cache_get_priv_attr(tmp_dev); > + rc = device_add_attrs(tmp_dev, ci_priv_attr); > + if (unlikely(rc)) > + goto err; You just raced with userspace here, creating these files _after_ the device was announced to userspace, causing problems with anyone wanting to read these attributes :( I think if you fix up the is_visible() thing above, these calls will go away, right? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-doc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html