Re: [PATCH] st: convert to using driver attr groups for sysfs

[Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>]

On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 08:11:00AM +0000, Seymour, Shane M wrote:
> This patch changes the st driver to use attribute groups so
> driver sysfs files are created automatically. See the
> following for reference:
> 
> http://kroah.com/log/blog/2013/06/26/how-to-create-a-sysfs-file-correctly/
> 
> Signed-off-by: Shane Seymour <shane.seymour@hp.com>

Very nice, thanks for doing this.

Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

> ---
> --- a/drivers/scsi/st.c	2015-06-22 14:20:40.829612661 -0500
> +++ b/drivers/scsi/st.c	2015-06-22 15:49:49.357248393 -0500
> @@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ static int debug_flag;
>  
>  static struct class st_sysfs_class;
>  static const struct attribute_group *st_dev_groups[];
> +static const struct attribute_group *st_drv_groups[];
>  
>  MODULE_AUTHOR("Kai Makisara");
>  MODULE_DESCRIPTION("SCSI tape (st) driver");
> @@ -198,15 +199,13 @@ static int sgl_unmap_user_pages(struct s
>  static int st_probe(struct device *);
>  static int st_remove(struct device *);
>  
> -static int do_create_sysfs_files(void);
> -static void do_remove_sysfs_files(void);
> -
>  static struct scsi_driver st_template = {
>  	.gendrv = {
>  		.name		= "st",
>  		.owner		= THIS_MODULE,
>  		.probe		= st_probe,
>  		.remove		= st_remove,
> +		.groups		= st_drv_groups,
>  	},
>  };
>  
> @@ -4404,14 +4403,8 @@ static int __init init_st(void)
>  	if (err)
>  		goto err_chrdev;
>  
> -	err = do_create_sysfs_files();
> -	if (err)
> -		goto err_scsidrv;
> -
>  	return 0;
>  
> -err_scsidrv:
> -	scsi_unregister_driver(&st_template.gendrv);
>  err_chrdev:
>  	unregister_chrdev_region(MKDEV(SCSI_TAPE_MAJOR, 0),
>  				 ST_MAX_TAPE_ENTRIES);
> @@ -4422,7 +4415,6 @@ err_class:
>  
>  static void __exit exit_st(void)
>  {
> -	do_remove_sysfs_files();
>  	scsi_unregister_driver(&st_template.gendrv);
>  	unregister_chrdev_region(MKDEV(SCSI_TAPE_MAJOR, 0),
>  				 ST_MAX_TAPE_ENTRIES);
> @@ -4459,44 +4451,14 @@ static ssize_t st_version_show(struct de
>  }
>  static DRIVER_ATTR(version, S_IRUGO, st_version_show, NULL);

For a future patch, you might want to convert these type of declarations
to use DRIVER_ATTR_RO() and friends.

thanks,

greg k-h