From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Arend van Spriel <arend@broadcom.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] debugfs: add helper function to create device related seq_file
Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2014 13:17:23 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20141011201723.GA29439@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1413043315-22332-1-git-send-email-arend@broadcom.com>
On Sat, Oct 11, 2014 at 06:01:55PM +0200, Arend van Spriel wrote:
> This patch adds a helper function that simplifies adding a
> sequence file for device drivers. The calling device driver
> needs to provide a read function and a device pointer. The
> field struct seq_file::private will reference the device
> pointer upon call to the read function so the driver can
> obtain his data from it and do its seq_printf() calls.
>
> Signed-off-by: Arend van Spriel <arend@broadcom.com>
> ---
> fs/debugfs/file.c | 54 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> include/linux/debugfs.h | 16 ++++++++++++++-
> 2 files changed, 69 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
Do you have some kernel code pending that needs this change? Or can
existing users be moved to it, saving them code?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-10-11 20:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-10-11 16:01 [PATCH] debugfs: add helper function to create device related seq_file Arend van Spriel
2014-10-11 16:09 ` Arend van Spriel
2014-10-11 20:17 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2014-10-11 20:17 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman [this message]
2014-10-12 8:13 ` Arend van Spriel
2014-10-19 13:57 ` Arend van Spriel
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