From: Roland Dreier <rdreier-FYB4Gu1CFyUAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
To: Ralph Campbell <ralph.campbell-h88ZbnxC6KDQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
Cc: linux-rdma <linux-rdma-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] IB/core: allow HCAs to create IB port sysfs files
Date: Thu, 08 Apr 2010 13:51:29 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <adaeiipwtv2.fsf@roland-alpha.cisco.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <adamxxdwtys.fsf-BjVyx320WGW9gfZ95n9DRSW4+XlvGpQz@public.gmane.org> (Roland Dreier's message of "Thu, 08 Apr 2010 13:49:15 -0700")
> Rather than have the device driver call a new function that then calls
> it back, how about if we just add a parameter to the
> ib_register_device() call that is the callback to add the sysfs stuff?
> This would let us avoid the race where the device is registered but not
> all the sysfs stuff is created yet.
And as an improvement, maybe someday we could convert the existing
per-device driver-specific sysfs stuff to a similar approach.
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2009-11-17 19:40 [PATCH v2] IB/core: allow HCAs to create IB port sysfs files Ralph Campbell
[not found] ` <1258486848.992.407.camel-/vjeY7uYZjrPXfVEPVhPGq6RkeBMCJyt@public.gmane.org>
2010-04-08 20:49 ` Roland Dreier
[not found] ` <adamxxdwtys.fsf-BjVyx320WGW9gfZ95n9DRSW4+XlvGpQz@public.gmane.org>
2010-04-08 20:51 ` Roland Dreier [this message]
2010-04-08 23:36 ` Ralph Campbell
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