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From: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
To: linux-hwmon@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Jaroslav Pulchart <jaroslav.pulchart@gooddata.com>,
	"Rafael J . Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org>,
	lihuisong <lihuisong@huawei.com>,
	Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
Subject: [PATCH RFT 1/5] hwmon: Handle attribute visibility evaluation in device core
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2026 10:22:04 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260123182208.2229670-2-linux@roeck-us.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260123182208.2229670-1-linux@roeck-us.net>

In preparation for supporting sysfs attribute updates, move
attribute visibility evaluation into device core.

Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
---
 drivers/hwmon/hwmon.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/hwmon.c b/drivers/hwmon/hwmon.c
index 0b4bdcd33c7b..9e9ad42b6d7d 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/hwmon.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/hwmon.c
@@ -523,10 +523,12 @@ static struct attribute *hwmon_genattr(const void *drvdata,
 	const char *name;
 	bool is_string = is_string_attr(type, attr);
 
+	/*
+	 * Basic mode sanity check. This is less than perfect since
+	 * attribute visibility and with it the mode can change during
+	 * runtime, but it is the best we can do.
+	 */
 	mode = hwmon_is_visible(ops, drvdata, type, attr, index);
-	if (!mode)
-		return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
-
 	if ((mode & 0444) && ((is_string && !ops->read_string) ||
 				 (!is_string && !ops->read)))
 		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
@@ -557,7 +559,7 @@ static struct attribute *hwmon_genattr(const void *drvdata,
 	a = &dattr->attr;
 	sysfs_attr_init(a);
 	a->name = name;
-	a->mode = mode;
+	a->mode = ops->write ? 0644 : 0444;	/* updated when attributes are generated */
 
 	return a;
 }
@@ -896,6 +898,17 @@ __hwmon_create_attrs(const void *drvdata, const struct hwmon_chip_info *chip)
 	return attrs;
 }
 
+static umode_t hwmon_kobj_is_visible(struct kobject *kobj, struct attribute *attr, int n)
+{
+	struct device_attribute *dattr = to_dev_attr(attr);
+	struct hwmon_device_attribute *hattr = to_hwmon_attr(dattr);
+	struct device *dev = kobj_to_dev(kobj);
+	void *drvdata = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
+
+	return hwmon_is_visible(hattr->ops, drvdata, hattr->type, hattr->attr,
+				hattr->index);
+}
+
 static struct device *
 __hwmon_device_register(struct device *dev, const char *name, void *drvdata,
 			const struct hwmon_chip_info *chip,
@@ -946,6 +959,7 @@ __hwmon_device_register(struct device *dev, const char *name, void *drvdata,
 		}
 
 		hwdev->group.attrs = attrs;
+		hwdev->group.is_visible = hwmon_kobj_is_visible;
 		ngroups = 0;
 		hwdev->groups[ngroups++] = &hwdev->group;
 
-- 
2.45.2


  reply	other threads:[~2026-01-23 18:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-01-23 18:22 [PATCH RFT 0/5] hwmon: Introduce hwmon_update_groups() Guenter Roeck
2026-01-23 18:22 ` Guenter Roeck [this message]
2026-01-23 18:22 ` [PATCH RFT 2/5] hwmon: Provide helper function to find thermal zones Guenter Roeck
2026-01-23 18:22 ` [PATCH RFT 3/5] hwmon: Add support for updating " Guenter Roeck
2026-01-30 15:44   ` Guenter Roeck
2026-01-23 18:22 ` [PATCH RFT 4/5] hwmon: Implement hwmon_update_groups() Guenter Roeck
2026-01-23 18:22 ` [PATCH RFT 5/5] hwmon: (acpi_power_meter) Use hwmon_update_groups() to update sensor visibility Guenter Roeck

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