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From: Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@savoirfairelinux.com>
To: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kernel@savoirfairelinux.com
Subject: [PATCH v2 3/3] sysfs: Document struct attribute_group
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2015 14:22:11 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1426098131-20106-4-git-send-email-vivien.didelot@savoirfairelinux.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1426098131-20106-1-git-send-email-vivien.didelot@savoirfairelinux.com>
From: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
Document variables defined in struct attribute_group to ensure
correct usage.
Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
---
include/linux/sysfs.h | 15 +++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)
diff --git a/include/linux/sysfs.h b/include/linux/sysfs.h
index ddad161..99382c0 100644
--- a/include/linux/sysfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/sysfs.h
@@ -57,6 +57,21 @@ do { \
#define sysfs_attr_init(attr) do {} while (0)
#endif
+/**
+ * struct attribute_group - data structure used to declare an attribute group.
+ * @name: Optional: Attribute group name
+ * If specified, the attribute group will be created in
+ * a new subdirectory with this name.
+ * @is_visible: Optional: Function to return permissions associated with an
+ * attribute of the group. Will be called repeatedly for each
+ * attribute in the group. Only read/write permissions as well as
+ * SYSFS_PREALLOC are accepted. Must return 0 if an attribute is
+ * not visible. The returned value will replace static permissions
+ * defined in struct attribute or struct bin_attribute.
+ * @attrs: Pointer to NULL terminated list of attributes.
+ * @bin_attrs: Pointer to NULL terminated list of binary attributes.
+ * Either attrs or bin_attrs or both must be provided.
+ */
struct attribute_group {
const char *name;
umode_t (*is_visible)(struct kobject *,
--
2.3.2
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-03-11 18:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-03-11 18:22 [PATCH v2 0/3] sysfs: Refine is_visible API Vivien Didelot
2015-03-11 18:22 ` [PATCH v2 1/3] sysfs: Use only return value from is_visible for the file mode Vivien Didelot
2015-03-12 10:00 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2015-03-11 18:22 ` [PATCH v2 2/3] sysfs: Only accept read/write permissions for file attributes Vivien Didelot
2015-03-12 1:33 ` Guenter Roeck
2015-03-12 10:01 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2015-03-12 10:39 ` Guenter Roeck
2015-03-12 13:43 ` Vivien Didelot
2015-03-12 13:49 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2015-03-11 18:22 ` Vivien Didelot [this message]
2015-03-12 10:00 ` [PATCH v2 3/3] sysfs: Document struct attribute_group Greg Kroah-Hartman
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