I realized that in patch for ACPI battery I created perfect example of self-destructing sysfs attributes. Basically, on every access to battery properties we check battery status. If ACPI reports battery not present, we remove sysfs power_supply object. I.e.
-> user space queries e.g. .../PNP0C0A:00/power_supply/BAT1/energy_now
-> call acpi_battery_update
-> battery gone
-> call power_supply_unregister(.../PNP0C0A:00/power_supply)
I remember discussion about this but am not sure what final outcome is. So
questions
- is it legal in this form?
- what is the proper way to manage such situation?
- if I move (de-)registering of power_supply out of acpi_battery_update, is
extra locking (refcounting) required to keep attributes alive or sysfs will
ensure this?
TIA
-andrey
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