Re: [PATCH v2 09/10] gpio: aggregator: cancel deferred probe for devices created via configfs

[Koichiro Den <koichiro.den@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, Feb 16, 2025 at 04:58:51PM GMT, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 16, 2025 at 2:15 PM Koichiro Den <koichiro.den@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > On one hand, I agree that it would make some scenarios simpler, and
> > > let us propagate an error code to the sysfs writer in case of failure.
> > >
> > > On the other hand, it would change user behavior. Currently people can
> > > configure a GPIO aggregator, and load the driver module for the parent
> > > gpiochip later, relying on deferred probing to bring up everything
> > > when it is ready.
> >
> > Thank you both for your insights, Bartosz and Geert. I've just sent v3
> > (https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250216125816.14430-1-koichiro.den@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/)
> > which retains the current behavior, to not suprise anyone now.
> > I'm now considering whether we might eventually deprecate the sysfs
> > interface in the future. Doing so could simplify the codebase and bring it
> > in line with gpio-sim and gpio-virtuser.
> >
> 
> Heh, yeah you'd think so. You can watch my talk[1] on how easy it is
> to remove sysfs interfaces. :)

Well, I just meant new_device/delete_device in this context so my
impression was that it would not be that hard. Anyhow, honestly speaking I
haven't looked through it thoroughly yet. Thank you!

Koichiro

> 
> Bartosz
> 
> [1] https://fosdem.org/2025/schedule/event/fosdem-2025-5288-the-status-of-removing-sys-class-gpio-and-the-global-gpio-numberspace-from-the-kernel/