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
next prev parent 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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