[PATCH 1/4] Framework for exporting System-on-Chip information via sysfs

[jamie@jamieiles.com (Jamie Iles)]

On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 03:19:35PM +0100, Jamie Iles wrote:
> Hi Lee,
> 
> On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 03:08:42PM +0100, Lee Jones wrote:
> [...]
> > >> +	return ret;
> > >> +}
> > >> +
> > >> +int __init soc_device_register(struct device *soc_parent,
> > >> +			struct soc_device *soc_dev)
> > >> +{
> > >> +	int ret;
> > >> +
> > >> +	spin_lock_irq(&register_lock);
> > >> +
> > >> +	if (!soc_count) {
> > >> +		/* Register top-level SoC device '/sys/devices/soc' */
> > >> +		ret = device_register(&soc_grandparent);
> > >> +		if (ret)
> > >> +		{
> > >> +			spin_unlock_irq(&register_lock);
> > >> +			return ret;
> > >> +		}
> > >> +	}
> > >> +
> > >> +	soc_count++;
> > >> +	soc_parent->parent = &soc_grandparent;
> > >> +	dev_set_name(soc_parent, "%i", soc_count);
> > >> +	soc_parent->platform_data = soc_dev;
> > > 
> > > I don't think platform_data is the right place for this.  
> > 
> > I agree with you, but I was unsure how else to get the data back.
> > 
> > > It's not clear
> > > what soc_parent and soc_dev do here as soc_dev never gets registered.
> > >
> > > Should this be:
> > > 
> > > 	soc_dev->parent = &soc_grandparent;
> > > 	dev_set_name(soc_dev, "%i", soc_count);
> > > 	device_register(soc_dev);
> > 
> > AFAIK soc_dev can't be registered. It's just a container which holds
> > each SoW's information to be exported in the way of const char *'s.
> 
> Sorry, that should have been:
> 
> 	dev_set_name(&soc_dev->dev, "%i", soc_count);
> 	device_register(&soc_dev->dev);
> 
> You should probably also set soc_dev->dev->release to something that'll 
> kfree() the device on removal (even though they are unlikely to be 
> removed).

Also you could take advantage struct device::type and its groups member 
for adding the common attributes.  This means that the files get added 
automatically at device_register() so there is no race between the 
device appearing and the attributes being added.

Jamie