On Thu, Feb 11, 2021 at 9:30:16, Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, Feb 11, 2021 at 10:08:38AM +0100, Gustavo Pimentel wrote: > > +static ssize_t write_show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr, > > + char *buf) > > +{ > > + struct pci_dev *pdev = to_pci_dev(dev); > > + struct dw_xdata *dw = pci_get_drvdata(pdev); > > + u64 rate; > > + > > + mutex_lock(&dw->mutex); > > + dw_xdata_perf(dw, &rate, true); > > + mutex_unlock(&dw->mutex); > > + > > + return sysfs_emit(buf, "%llu MB/s\n", rate); > > Do not put units in a sysfs file, that should be in the documentation, > otherwise this forces userspace to "parse" the units which is a mess. Okay. > > Same for the other sysfs file. > > And why do you need a lock for this show function? Maybe I understood it wrongly, please correct me in that case. The dw_xdata_perf() is called on the write_show() and read_show(), to avoid a possible race condition between those calls, I have added this mutex. Thanks. -Gustavo > > thanks, > > greg k-h