Re: [PATCH 5/7] hwmon: iio: Add helper function for creating attributes

[Sean Anderson <sean.anderson@linux.dev>]

On 7/15/25 04:38, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 14, 2025 at 09:20:21PM -0400, Sean Anderson wrote:
>> Add a helper function to create attributes and initialize their fields.
>> This reduces repetition when creating several attributes per channel.
> 
> ...
> 
>> + * @num_attrs:          length of @attrs
> 
> Other lines use TABs.
> 
> ...

OK

>> +static int add_device_attr(struct device *dev, struct iio_hwmon_state *st,
> 
> This should hint that this is managed:
> 
> add_device_managed_attr()

That just makes it more difficult to format the calling code within 80 columns...

> 
>> +			   ssize_t (*show)(struct device *dev,
>> +					   struct device_attribute *attr,
>> +					   char *buf),
>> +			   int i, const char *fmt, ...)
> 
> __printf() attribute is missing.

It's static, so I thought the compiler could infer it but I guess not.

>> +{
>> +	struct sensor_device_attribute *a;
>> +	va_list ap;
>> +
>> +	a = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*a), GFP_KERNEL);
>> +	if (!a)
>> +		return -ENOMEM;
>> +
>> +	sysfs_attr_init(&a->dev_attr.attr);
>> +	va_start(ap, fmt);
>> +	a->dev_attr.attr.name = devm_kvasprintf(dev, GFP_KERNEL, fmt, ap);
>> +	va_end(ap);
>> +	if (!a->dev_attr.attr.name)
>> +		return -ENOMEM;
>> +
>> +	a->dev_attr.show = show;
>> +	a->dev_attr.attr.mode = 0444;
>> +	a->index = i;
>> +
>> +	st->attrs[st->num_attrs++] = &a->dev_attr.attr;
>> +	return 0;
>> +}
> 
> ...
> 
>>  	struct device *dev = &pdev->dev;
>>  	struct iio_hwmon_state *st;
>> -	struct sensor_device_attribute *a;
>> -	int ret, i, attr = 0;
>> +	int ret, i;
> 
> Also move it a bit to make it more of a reversed xmas tree ordering?

It's not ordered as-is, and I don't think this subsystem requires it.

>>  	int in_i = 1, temp_i = 1, curr_i = 1, humidity_i = 1, power_i = 1;
>>  	enum iio_chan_type type;
>>  	struct iio_channel *channels;
> 

--Sean