RE: [PATCH v4 01/10] ufs: sysfs: attribute group for existing sysfs entries.

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Greg KH [mailto:gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Sunday, February 4, 2018 2:34 PM
> To: Stanislav Nijnikov <Stanislav.Nijnikov@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-scsi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> jaegeuk@xxxxxxxxxx; Alex Lemberg <Alex.Lemberg@xxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 01/10] ufs: sysfs: attribute group for existing sysfs
> entries.
> 
> On Sun, Feb 04, 2018 at 12:29:06PM +0000, Stanislav Nijnikov wrote:
> > > > +	curr_len += snprintf((buf + curr_len), (PAGE_SIZE - curr_len),
> > > > +			     "\nAll available Runtime PM levels info:\n");
> > > > +	for (lvl = UFS_PM_LVL_0; lvl < UFS_PM_LVL_MAX; lvl++)
> > > > +		curr_len += snprintf((buf + curr_len), (PAGE_SIZE - curr_len),
> > > > +				     "\tRuntime PM level [%d] => dev_state
> > > [%s] link_state [%s]\n",
> > > > +				    lvl,
> > > > +				    ufschd_ufs_dev_pwr_mode_to_string(
> > > > +					ufs_pm_lvl_states[lvl].dev_state),
> > > > +				    ufschd_uic_link_state_to_string(
> > > > +					ufs_pm_lvl_states[lvl].link_state));
> > > > +
> > >
> > > sysfs if "one value per file", not "random text that someone has to
> > > parse per file" please.
> > >
> > > Huge hint, if you ever care about checking the size of the sysfs
> > > buffer you are writing into, you are doing something really really wrong.
> > >
> > Hi Greg
> > It's the existing code, added by:
> > commit 09690d5a6ae1b7e4cb5ac429c311b99d09352c12
> > Author: subhashj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <subhashj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Date:   Thu Dec 22 18:41:00 2016 -0800
> >
> >     scsi: ufs: provide sysfs attribute to select the PM level
> >
> >     This patch provides the sysfs attribute to choose the power management
> >     level for UFS runtime and system suspend.
> >
> >     Reviewed-by: Sujit Reddy Thumma <sthumma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >     Signed-off-by: Subhash Jadavani <subhashj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >     Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > I just moved it to an another file and changed the sysfs entries
> > creation by Jaegeuk Kim' request. At the moment the entry shows the PM
> > level, the device state, the link state and all possible PM levels. Do you
> want me to change it?
> 
> Ah, you are just moving this code around.  Ok, that's fine for this patch, but
> please fix it up as part of this patch series because this isn't an acceptable
> sysfs file at all.  If it were documented that would be a lot more obvious as to
> just how wrong it was :(
> 
> And, as it wasn't documented, you can change it as it's obvious no one used it
> :)
> 
> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h
 
Can I fix these entries not in this patchset? As long as I know they are used and I
would prefer that change of the existing sysfs entries behavior be related to a
separate patch.

Regards.
Stanislav.





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