Re: [PATCH] i2c: i2c-dev: Create 'name' attribute automatically

Wolfram Sang
2013-09-26T08:28:43Z

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Hi,

> > What race condition?
> >
>
> Userspace trying to access the name attribute before it is created.
> See http://kroah.com/log/blog/2013/06/26/how-to-create-a-sysfs-file-correctly/

Thanks!

> > Have you tried this with two instances? I don't think it will work since
> > class_register modifies the class struct.
> >
> Half a dozen instances, actually. Unless I am missing something, seems to be

My bad. Sorry for the noise.

> Anyway, the patch is obsolete; one is supposed to use class->dev_groups now.

Are you willing to update the patch?

Thanks,

Wolfram

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