On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 10:08:38AM +0400, Pavel Emelyanov wrote: > >>> +static void *seq_next(struct seq_file *m, void *p, loff_t *pos) > >>> +{ > >>> + struct proc_fdinfo_extra *extra = m->private; > >>> + void *v = NULL; > >>> + > >>> + if (extra->driver) { > >>> + int ret = 0; > >>> + > >>> + if (*pos == 0) { > >>> + v = extra->driver->ops->start(m, pos); > >>> + if (v) { > >>> + ret = extra->driver->ops->show(m, v); > >> > >> Why is it necessary to call ->show here? The logic should be > >> > >> seq_start = (pos == 0 ? nop : extra->start) > >> seq_next = (pos == 0 ? extra->start : extra->next) > >> seq_stop = (pos == 0 ? nop : extra->stop) > >> seq_show = (pos == 0 ? proc_show : extra->show) > >> > >> Or I'm missing something? > > > > Well, I thought about it as two sequences -- first is procfs > > seq-file, which prints out a general header, and second > > is extra fdinfo provider. > > > > Everything starts with printing procfs header > > > > seq_start -> seq_show (prints "pos:\t%lli\nflags:\t0%o\n") -> > > seq_next -> (if have extra driver we do extra's start/show at first, > > Why show? The generic seq_file.c will call ->next (which will result in > extra->start), then ->show (which _should_ result in extra->show) thus > providing correct output. Yes, indeed i think i've made it more complex than it should be. Will update, thanks! Cyrill -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html