From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Arend van Spriel <arend@broadcom.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] debugfs: add helper function to create device related seq_file
Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2014 13:17:32 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20141011201732.GB29439@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5439564B.8040905@broadcom.com>
On Sat, Oct 11, 2014 at 06:09:47PM +0200, Arend van Spriel wrote:
> On 10/11/14 18:01, Arend van Spriel wrote:
> >This patch adds a helper function that simplifies adding a
> >sequence file for device drivers. The calling device driver
> >needs to provide a read function and a device pointer. The
> >field struct seq_file::private will reference the device
> >pointer upon call to the read function so the driver can
> >obtain his data from it and do its seq_printf() calls.
>
> Maybe should have made this RFC first. Anyways, it is intended for 3.19,
> although I don't mind if it would end up in 3.18 :-p
It's too late for 3.18, sorry.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-10-11 20:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-10-11 16:01 [PATCH] debugfs: add helper function to create device related seq_file Arend van Spriel
2014-10-11 16:09 ` Arend van Spriel
2014-10-11 20:17 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman [this message]
2014-10-11 20:17 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2014-10-12 8:13 ` Arend van Spriel
2014-10-19 13:57 ` Arend van Spriel
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