On Wed, Aug 07, 2019 at 04:08:25PM +0800, Wu Hao wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 07, 2019 at 10:45:22AM +0800, Wu Hao wrote:
> > On Mon, Aug 05, 2019 at 05:56:26PM +0200, Greg KH wrote:
> > > On Sun, Aug 04, 2019 at 06:20:21PM +0800, Wu Hao wrote:
> > > > +static int fme_global_err_init(struct platform_device *pdev,
> > > > + struct dfl_feature *feature)
> > > > +{
> > > > + struct device *dev;
> > > > + int ret = 0;
> > > > +
> > > > + dev = kzalloc(sizeof(*dev), GFP_KERNEL);
> > > > + if (!dev)
> > > > + return -ENOMEM;
> > > > +
> > > > + dev->parent = &pdev->dev;
> > > > + dev->release = err_dev_release;
> > > > + dev_set_name(dev, "errors");
> > > > +
> > > > + fme_error_enable(feature);
> > > > +
> > > > + ret = device_register(dev);
> > > > + if (ret) {
> > > > + put_device(dev);
> > > > + return ret;
> > > > + }
> > > > +
> > > > + ret = device_add_groups(dev, error_groups);
> > >
> > > cute, but no, you do not create a whole struct device for a subdir. Use
> > > the attribute group name like you did on earlier patches.
> >
> > Sure, let me fix it in the next version.
> >
> > >
> > > And again, you raced userspace and lost :(
> >
> > Same here, could you please give some more hints here?
>
> Oh.. I see..
>
> I should follow [1] as this is a platform driver. I will fix it. Thanks!
>
> [PATCH 00/11] Platform drivers, provide a way to add sysfs groups easily
>
> [1]https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/7/4/181
Yes, that is the correct thing to do.
thanks,
greg k-h
