Re: [PATCH v2] Add driver to force WMI Thunderbolt controller power status

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On Fri, Sep 08, 2017 at 03:15:10PM +0000, Mario.Limonciello@xxxxxxxx wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mika Westerberg [mailto:mika.westerberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Friday, September 8, 2017 3:07 AM
> > To: Limonciello, Mario <Mario_Limonciello@xxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: dvhart@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; LKML <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; platform-driver-
> > x86@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Richard Hughes <hughsient@xxxxxxxxx>; Yehezkel Bernat
> > <yehezkelshb@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] Add driver to force WMI Thunderbolt controller power
> > status
> > 
> > On Thu, Sep 07, 2017 at 01:47:22PM -0500, Mario Limonciello wrote:
> > 
> > I have a small comment which you might want to consider.
> > 
> > > +static int intel_wmi_thunderbolt_probe(struct wmi_device *wdev)
> > > +{
> > > +	return sysfs_create_group(&wdev->dev.kobj, &tbt_attribute_group);
> > > +}
> > > +
> > > +static int intel_wmi_thunderbolt_remove(struct wmi_device *wdev)
> > > +{
> > > +	sysfs_remove_group(&wdev->dev.kobj, &tbt_attribute_group);
> > > +	return 0;
> > > +}
> > 
> > In order to notify userspace about this, what if you send KOBJ_CHANGE
> > for the wdev when you add/remove this attribute?
> 
> Sure, makes sense to me.   I'll send a follow up patch.

Hrm, what am I missing.... the reason I recommended Mario add the attribute
group was so this would be automatically taken care of prior to the KOBJ_ADD
event, per the device documentation:

driver-model/device.txt

-- 
Darren Hart
VMware Open Source Technology Center



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