Re: [RFC][Update 2][PATCH 3/4] sysfs: Functions for adding/removing symlinks to/from attribute groups

[Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 11:41:35PM +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Monday, January 21, 2013 12:58:20 PM Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 02:06:27PM +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > > From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
> > > 
> > > The most convenient way to expose ACPI power resources lists of a
> > > device is to put symbolic links to sysfs directories representing
> > > those resources into special attribute groups in the device's sysfs
> > > directory.  For this purpose, it is necessary to be able to add
> > > symbolic links to attribute groups.
> > > 
> > > For this reason, add sysfs helper functions for adding/removing
> > > symbolic links to/from attribute groups, sysfs_add_link_to_group()
> > > and sysfs_remove_link_from_group(), respectively.
> > 
> > Those functions are fine, but why sysfs_add_link()?
> 
> Do you mean the helper?  I couldn't invent a better name. :-)
> 
> Would sysfs_create_link_sd() be better?

That's a bit more descriptive, yes, and don't export it and I'll have no
objections.

thanks,

greg k-h