From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Lukas Wunner <lukas@wunner.de>,
Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 6.6.y 1/3] driver core: Add device_show_string() helper for sysfs attributes
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2026 18:55:56 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261110235541.191333-1-sashal@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261107053801-failed-6.6-3d9a175707ee@kernel.org>
From: Lukas Wunner <lukas@wunner.de>
[ Upstream commit 3cc50d07be10f67aff836f8247a240ec132c6a67 ]
For drivers wishing to expose an unsigned long, int or bool at a static
memory location in sysfs, the driver core provides ready-made helpers
such as device_show_ulong() to be used as ->show() callback.
Some drivers need to expose a string and so far they all provide their
own ->show() implementation. arch/powerpc/perf/hv-24x7.c went so far
as to create a device_show_string() helper but kept it private.
Make it public for reuse by other drivers. The pattern seems to be
sufficiently frequent to merit a public helper.
Add a DEVICE_STRING_ATTR_RO() macro in line with the existing
DEVICE_ULONG_ATTR() and similar macros to ease declaration of string
attributes.
Signed-off-by: Lukas Wunner <lukas@wunner.de>
Acked-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/2e3eaaf2600bb55c0415c23ba301e809403a7aa2.1713608122.git.lukas@wunner.de
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Stable-dep-of: 3d9a175707ee ("platform/x86: asus-wmi: fix TUF keyboard power state shutdown naming")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
arch/powerpc/perf/hv-24x7.c | 10 ----------
drivers/base/core.c | 9 +++++++++
include/linux/device.h | 15 +++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/perf/hv-24x7.c b/arch/powerpc/perf/hv-24x7.c
index 3449be7c0d51f..cfb010dc285b7 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/perf/hv-24x7.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/perf/hv-24x7.c
@@ -425,16 +425,6 @@ static char *memdup_to_str(char *maybe_str, int max_len, gfp_t gfp)
return kasprintf(gfp, "%.*s", max_len, maybe_str);
}
-static ssize_t device_show_string(struct device *dev,
- struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
-{
- struct dev_ext_attribute *d;
-
- d = container_of(attr, struct dev_ext_attribute, attr);
-
- return sprintf(buf, "%s\n", (char *)d->var);
-}
-
static ssize_t cpumask_show(struct device *dev,
struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
{
diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index 3e722d2d5dd3c..69d9115fec0f0 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -2548,6 +2548,15 @@ ssize_t device_show_bool(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(device_show_bool);
+ssize_t device_show_string(struct device *dev,
+ struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
+{
+ struct dev_ext_attribute *ea = to_ext_attr(attr);
+
+ return sysfs_emit(buf, "%s\n", (char *)ea->var);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(device_show_string);
+
/**
* device_release - free device structure.
* @kobj: device's kobject.
diff --git a/include/linux/device.h b/include/linux/device.h
index 15eb24877a518..85f0412ca0668 100644
--- a/include/linux/device.h
+++ b/include/linux/device.h
@@ -138,6 +138,8 @@ ssize_t device_show_bool(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
char *buf);
ssize_t device_store_bool(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
const char *buf, size_t count);
+ssize_t device_show_string(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
+ char *buf);
/**
* DEVICE_ATTR - Define a device attribute.
@@ -257,6 +259,19 @@ ssize_t device_store_bool(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
struct dev_ext_attribute dev_attr_##_name = \
{ __ATTR(_name, _mode, device_show_bool, device_store_bool), &(_var) }
+/**
+ * DEVICE_STRING_ATTR_RO - Define a device attribute backed by a r/o string.
+ * @_name: Attribute name.
+ * @_mode: File mode.
+ * @_var: Identifier of string.
+ *
+ * Like DEVICE_ULONG_ATTR(), but @_var is a string. Because the length of the
+ * string allocation is unknown, the attribute must be read-only.
+ */
+#define DEVICE_STRING_ATTR_RO(_name, _mode, _var) \
+ struct dev_ext_attribute dev_attr_##_name = \
+ { __ATTR(_name, (_mode) & ~0222, device_show_string, NULL), (_var) }
+
#define DEVICE_ATTR_IGNORE_LOCKDEP(_name, _mode, _show, _store) \
struct device_attribute dev_attr_##_name = \
__ATTR_IGNORE_LOCKDEP(_name, _mode, _show, _store)
--
2.53.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-11-10 23:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-11-07 10:38 FAILED: patch "[PATCH] platform/x86: asus-wmi: fix TUF keyboard power state shutdown naming" failed to apply to 6.6-stable tree Sasha Levin
2026-11-10 23:55 ` Sasha Levin [this message]
2026-11-10 23:55 ` [PATCH 6.6.y 2/3] platform/x86: Use device_show_string() helper for sysfs attributes Sasha Levin
2026-11-10 23:55 ` [PATCH 6.6.y 3/3] platform/x86: asus-wmi: fix TUF keyboard power state shutdown naming Sasha Levin
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