Re: [PATCH] sysfs: add filter function to groups

Stefan Richter
2007-10-29T17:58:42Z

James Bottomley wrote:
>> > struct attribute_group {
>> > const char *name;
>> > + int (*filter_show)(struct kobject *, int);

> Actually, it returns a true/false value indicating whether the given
> attribute should be displayed.

How about this:

int (*is_visible)(...);
or
bool (*shall_be_shown)(...);
or
bool (*should_be_displayed)(...);

or whatever, so that it indicates that this function merely answers a
question, but doesn't filter nor show anything.
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Stefan Richter
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