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

Guenter Roeck
2013-09-26T10:37:16Z

On 09/26/2013 01:28 AM, Wolfram Sang wrote:
> 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 Anyway, the patch is obsolete; one is supposed to use class-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?
>

Sure. Give me a couple of days.

Thanks,
Guenter