Re: PATCH] [ConfigFS]: Extend CONFIGFS_ATTR_STRUCT() and CONFIGFS_ATTR_OPS() macros

["Nicholas A. Bellinger" <nab@linux-iscsi.org>]

On Wed, 2008-10-22 at 15:13 -0700, Joel Becker wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 03:06:29PM -0700, Nicholas A. Bellinger wrote:
> > Hi Joel,
> > 
> > What do you think..?
> > 
> > Also, here is the drivers/lio-core/iscsi_target_configfs.c commit to
> > convert to use to new parameters for CONFIGFS_ATTR_STRUCT() and
> > CONFIGFS_ATTR_OPS():
> 
> 	It seems even more complex, and inconsistent with what sysfs
> and other users do.  Can you give me an example of using it?
> 

Sure, my reasoning was as I was looking at converting as much code as
possible in target_core_config.c and iscsi_target_configfs.c to use the
include/linux/config.h wrappers, I have noticed I am running into a
limitiation with existing code:

Having the user's attribute set of macro's '_name' being synonymous with
both the user's struct _item * and show()/store() defines with
CONFIGFS_ATTR_OPS() was going to cause namespace pollution when you want
to be able generic show()/store() on multiple struct config_groups
hanging off the same original struct _item.

For me, this was looking like problems when you have multiple default
struct config_groups off a single struct config_group,
namely /sys/kernel/config/target/iscsi/$IQN/$TPGT amoung other places in
LIO-Target.

Also, I would argue the patch makes the existing attribute macro in
configfs.h slightly *LESS* complex for the users of the macro because
you no longer have to define your own internal "to_<name>()" for each
struct config_group you want to hang attributes off.

Thanks!

--nab

> Joel
>