On Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 03:14:12PM -0700, Till Smejkal wrote: There's no way with that many cc: lists and people that this is really making it through very many people's filters and actually on a mailing list. Please trim them down. Minor sysfs questions/issues: > +struct vas { > + struct kobject kobj; /* < the internal kobject that we use * > + * for reference counting and sysfs * > + * handling. */ > + > + int id; /* < ID */ > + char name[VAS_MAX_NAME_LENGTH]; /* < name */ The kobject has a name, why not use that? > + > + struct mutex mtx; /* < lock for parallel access. */ > + > + struct mm_struct *mm; /* < a partial memory map containing * > + * all mappings of this VAS. */ > + > + struct list_head link; /* < the link in the global VAS list. */ > + struct rcu_head rcu; /* < the RCU helper used for * > + * asynchronous VAS deletion. */ > + > + u16 refcount; /* < how often is the VAS attached. */ The kobject has a refcount, use that? Don't have 2 refcounts in the same structure, that way lies madness. And bugs, lots of bugs... And if this really is a refcount (hint, I don't think it is), you should use the refcount_t type. > +/** > + * The sysfs structure we need to handle attributes of a VAS. > + **/ > +struct vas_sysfs_attr { > + struct attribute attr; > + ssize_t (*show)(struct vas *vas, struct vas_sysfs_attr *vsattr, > + char *buf); > + ssize_t (*store)(struct vas *vas, struct vas_sysfs_attr *vsattr, > + const char *buf, size_t count); > +}; > + > +#define VAS_SYSFS_ATTR(NAME, MODE, SHOW, STORE) \ > +static struct vas_sysfs_attr vas_sysfs_attr_##NAME = \ > + __ATTR(NAME, MODE, SHOW, STORE) __ATTR_RO and __ATTR_RW should work better for you. If you really need this. Oh, and where is the Documentation/ABI/ updates to try to describe the sysfs structure and files? Did I miss that in the series? > +static ssize_t __show_vas_name(struct vas *vas, struct vas_sysfs_attr *vsattr, > + char *buf) > +{ > + return scnprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, "%s", vas->name); It's a page size, just use sprintf() and be done with it. No need to ever check, you "know" it will be correct. Also, what about a trailing '\n' for these attributes? Oh wait, why have a name when the kobject name is already there in the directory itself? Do you really need this? > +/** > + * The ktype data structure representing a VAS. > + **/ > +static struct kobj_type vas_ktype = { > + .sysfs_ops = &vas_sysfs_ops, > + .release = __vas_release, Why the odd __vas* naming? What's wrong with vas_release? > + .default_attrs = vas_default_attr, > +}; > + > + > +/*** > + * Internally visible functions > + ***/ > + > +/** > + * Working with the global VAS list. > + **/ > +static inline void vas_remove(struct vas *vas) <snip> You have a ton of inline functions, for no good reason. Make them all "real" functions please. Unless you can measure the size/speed differences? If so, please say so. thanks, greg k-h