This patch changes the st driver to use attribute groups so driver sysfs files are created automatically. See the following for reference: http://kroah.com/log/blog/2013/06/26/how-to-create-a-sysfs-file-correctly/ Signed-off-by: Shane Seymour <shane.seymour@xxxxxx> --- --- a/drivers/scsi/st.c 2015-06-22 14:20:40.829612661 -0500 +++ b/drivers/scsi/st.c 2015-06-22 15:49:49.357248393 -0500 @@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ static int debug_flag; static struct class st_sysfs_class; static const struct attribute_group *st_dev_groups[]; +static const struct attribute_group *st_drv_groups[]; MODULE_AUTHOR("Kai Makisara"); MODULE_DESCRIPTION("SCSI tape (st) driver"); @@ -198,15 +199,13 @@ static int sgl_unmap_user_pages(struct s static int st_probe(struct device *); static int st_remove(struct device *); -static int do_create_sysfs_files(void); -static void do_remove_sysfs_files(void); - static struct scsi_driver st_template = { .gendrv = { .name = "st", .owner = THIS_MODULE, .probe = st_probe, .remove = st_remove, + .groups = st_drv_groups, }, }; @@ -4404,14 +4403,8 @@ static int __init init_st(void) if (err) goto err_chrdev; - err = do_create_sysfs_files(); - if (err) - goto err_scsidrv; - return 0; -err_scsidrv: - scsi_unregister_driver(&st_template.gendrv); err_chrdev: unregister_chrdev_region(MKDEV(SCSI_TAPE_MAJOR, 0), ST_MAX_TAPE_ENTRIES); @@ -4422,7 +4415,6 @@ err_class: static void __exit exit_st(void) { - do_remove_sysfs_files(); scsi_unregister_driver(&st_template.gendrv); unregister_chrdev_region(MKDEV(SCSI_TAPE_MAJOR, 0), ST_MAX_TAPE_ENTRIES); @@ -4459,44 +4451,14 @@ static ssize_t st_version_show(struct de } static DRIVER_ATTR(version, S_IRUGO, st_version_show, NULL); -static int do_create_sysfs_files(void) -{ - struct device_driver *sysfs = &st_template.gendrv; - int err; - - err = driver_create_file(sysfs, &driver_attr_try_direct_io); - if (err) - return err; - err = driver_create_file(sysfs, &driver_attr_fixed_buffer_size); - if (err) - goto err_try_direct_io; - err = driver_create_file(sysfs, &driver_attr_max_sg_segs); - if (err) - goto err_attr_fixed_buf; - err = driver_create_file(sysfs, &driver_attr_version); - if (err) - goto err_attr_max_sg; - - return 0; - -err_attr_max_sg: - driver_remove_file(sysfs, &driver_attr_max_sg_segs); -err_attr_fixed_buf: - driver_remove_file(sysfs, &driver_attr_fixed_buffer_size); -err_try_direct_io: - driver_remove_file(sysfs, &driver_attr_try_direct_io); - return err; -} - -static void do_remove_sysfs_files(void) -{ - struct device_driver *sysfs = &st_template.gendrv; - - driver_remove_file(sysfs, &driver_attr_version); - driver_remove_file(sysfs, &driver_attr_max_sg_segs); - driver_remove_file(sysfs, &driver_attr_fixed_buffer_size); - driver_remove_file(sysfs, &driver_attr_try_direct_io); -} +static struct attribute *st_drv_attrs[] = { + &driver_attr_try_direct_io.attr, + &driver_attr_fixed_buffer_size.attr, + &driver_attr_max_sg_segs.attr, + &driver_attr_version.attr, + NULL, +}; +ATTRIBUTE_GROUPS(st_drv); /* The sysfs simple class interface */ static ssize_t -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html