Re: [PATCH 1/3] add a private data field within kobj_attribute structure (final#2)

[Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>]

On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 03:57:44PM +0900, Kohei KaiGai wrote:
> Greg KH wrote:
>> On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 03:10:27PM +0900, Kohei KaiGai wrote:
>>> [PATCH 1/3] add a private data field within kobj_attribute structure.
>>>
>>> This patch add a private data field, declared as void *, within 
>>> kobj_attribute
>>> structure. The _show() and _store() method in the sysfs attribute entries 
>>> can
>>> refer this information to identify what entry is accessed.
>>> It makes easier to share a single method implementation with several 
>>> similar
>>> entries, like ones to export the list of capabilities the running kernel
>>> supports.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: KaiGai Kohei <kaigai@ak.jp.nec.com>
>>> --
>>>  Documentation/kobject.txt |    6 ++++++
>> That's good, but you didn't modify the sample/kobject/ file to use the
>> new void pointer, instead of the strcmp() call.
>
> The 3/3 of patches updates sample/kobject to use the new void pointer.
> Do you want it to replace strcmp() examples completly?

Doh, I totally missed that one, very sorry.  I'll be glad to take
patches 1 and 3 in my tree, if you want me to.

thanks,

greg k-h