Re: [RFC PATCH 3/5] hwmon: (ds1621) Convert to use hwmon_device_register_groups

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

On Sat, Jul 06, 2013 at 10:24:53AM -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
> ---
>  drivers/hwmon/ds1621.c |   25 +++++++++----------------
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/ds1621.c b/drivers/hwmon/ds1621.c
> index a26ba7a..f1d0fa0 100644
> --- a/drivers/hwmon/ds1621.c
> +++ b/drivers/hwmon/ds1621.c
> @@ -358,11 +358,15 @@ static const struct attribute_group ds1621_group = {
>  	.is_visible = ds1621_attribute_visible
>  };
>  
> +static const struct attribute_group *ds1621_groups[] = {
> +	&ds1621_group,
> +	NULL
> +};
> +
>  static int ds1621_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
>  			const struct i2c_device_id *id)
>  {
>  	struct ds1621_data *data;
> -	int err;
>  
>  	data = devm_kzalloc(&client->dev, sizeof(struct ds1621_data),
>  			    GFP_KERNEL);
> @@ -377,22 +381,12 @@ static int ds1621_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
>  	/* Initialize the DS1621 chip */
>  	ds1621_init_client(client);
>  
> -	/* Register sysfs hooks */
> -	err = sysfs_create_group(&client->dev.kobj, &ds1621_group);
> -	if (err)
> -		return err;
> -
> -	data->hwmon_dev = hwmon_device_register(&client->dev);
> -	if (IS_ERR(data->hwmon_dev)) {
> -		err = PTR_ERR(data->hwmon_dev);
> -		goto exit_remove_files;
> -	}
> +	data->hwmon_dev = hwmon_device_register_groups(&client->dev, data,
> +						       ds1621_groups);
> +	if (IS_ERR(data->hwmon_dev))
> +		return PTR_ERR(data->hwmon_dev);
>  
>  	return 0;
> -
> - exit_remove_files:
> -	sysfs_remove_group(&client->dev.kobj, &ds1621_group);
> -	return err;

Aren't your sysfs files now being created attached to a different device
than they originally were?  Before this patch, they were being attached
to the parent device of the hwmon device being created with the call to
hwmon_device_register(), and now they are attached to the device created
with that call.

Is that what you really want?  Can userspace handle this movement of
files?

thanks,

greg k-h