On 12/07/2016 09:12 PM, fx IWATA NOBUO wrote: > Dear Shuah, > >> I noticed that in many places sysfs_attr_init() is called before populating >> the fields such as name etc. However, I don't think the order matters. >> >> sysfs_attr_init() doesn't depend on name or any other fields being set: >> >> #define sysfs_attr_init(attr) \ >> do { \ >> static struct lock_class_key __key; \ >> \ >> (attr)->key = &__key; \ >> } while (0) >> >> Are you concerned about something else? > > Yes. > > If the macro name is 'attr_set_key', I don't have any concern. > > The name is 'attr_init' so I think there's possibility that some other > items in attr may initialized in future. > > Also I think 'initialize struct first, then set items' is idiomatic order. > > Best Regards, > I am seeing places where sysfs_attr_init() after setting the name as well. As this is more of a better done this way - I will fix this in the next release. It is more important to fix the lockdep warning. thanks, -- Shuah -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html