On Sat, 6 Apr 2024 at 15:52, Lukas Wunner <lukas@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > For my upcoming PCI device authentication v2 patches, I have the need > to expose a simple buffer in virtual memory as a bin_attribute. > > It turns out we've duplicated the ->read() callback for such simple > buffers a fair number of times across the tree. > > So instead of reinventing the wheel, I decided to introduce a common > helper and eliminate all duplications I could find. > > I'm open to a bikeshedding discussion on the sysfs_bin_attr_simple_read() > name. ;) > > Lukas Wunner (2): > sysfs: Add sysfs_bin_attr_simple_read() helper > treewide: Use sysfs_bin_attr_simple_read() helper > Acked-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@xxxxxxxxxx> > arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal.c | 10 +------- > drivers/acpi/bgrt.c | 9 +------- > drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c | 12 ++-------- > drivers/firmware/efi/rci2-table.c | 10 +------- > drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/firmware.c | 26 +++++---------------- > .../intel/int340x_thermal/int3400_thermal.c | 9 +------- > fs/sysfs/file.c | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++++ > include/linux/sysfs.h | 15 ++++++++++++ > init/initramfs.c | 10 +------- > kernel/module/sysfs.c | 13 +---------- > 10 files changed, 56 insertions(+), 85 deletions(-) > > -- > 2.43.0 >