On Wed, Jun 07, 2017 at 10:04:45AM -0700, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 09:35:45PM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 10:53:59AM -0700, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > > > On Sun, Feb 12, 2017 at 04:36:19PM -0800, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > > > > Many drivers create additional driver-specific device attributes when > > > > binding to the device and providing managed version of > > > > sysfs_create_group() > > > > will simplify unbinding and error handling in probe path for such > > > > drivers. > > > > > > > > Without managed version driver writers either have to mix manual and > > > > managed resources, which is prone to errors, or open-code this function > > > > by > > > > providing a wrapper to sysfs_create_group() and use it with > > > > devm_add_action() or devm_add_action_or_reset(). > > > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torok...@gmail.com> > > > > --- > > > > > > Greg, gentle ping... > > > > It's not lost, it's in my queue... > > Another gentle ping...
Ugh, I've been hoping you would forget about this :) But, in thinking a lot about this recently, I have now come to the same conclusion as you, I think we really need this as there isn't a way to handle it any other way. So, can you rebase and resend these patches? I don't have them in my queue anymore and I'd like to play with them and see how they work. thanks, greg k-h
