Re: [PATCH] seq_file.h: introduce DECLARE_SEQ_FOPS_{RO,RW}

[Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>]

On Monday 06 June 2011 23:19:15 H Hartley Sweeten wrote:
> Just an FYI, the exact same thing is being done with DEFINE_SIMPLE_ATTRIBUTE
> in fs.h:
> 
> #define DEFINE_SIMPLE_ATTRIBUTE(__fops, __get, __set, __fmt)            \
> static int __fops ## _open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)      \
> {                                                                       \
>         __simple_attr_check_format(__fmt, 0ull);                        \
>         return simple_attr_open(inode, file, __get, __set, __fmt);      \
> }                                                                       \
> static const struct file_operations __fops = {                          \
>         .owner   = THIS_MODULE,                                         \
>         .open    = __fops ## _open,                                     \
>         .release = simple_attr_release,                                 \
>         .read    = simple_attr_read,                                    \
>         .write   = simple_attr_write,                                   \
>         .llseek  = generic_file_llseek,                                 \
> };

The main difference here is that the arguments to the macro are used directly
in the file operations, which makes it possible to grep for them.

	Arnd