Hi Greg, Am Montag, den 04.11.2013, 14:15 -0800 schrieb Greg KH: > > I am using sysfs_create_group() now, but do I understand you > correctly > > that setting the const struct attribute_group **groups; in my device > > (where in my struct pci_device.dev?) is an even better way to > establish > > my sysfs attributes? Is there a function which I could call rather > than > > trying to find the right pointer? > > Ugh, this is still a problem, I'm trying to work through how to have > individual drivers implement groups and sysfs files in a non-racy way. > The issue is your device was announced to userspace _before_ it was > bound to the driver, so there's no way to get the sysfs files to apply > before then. > > You should just have the attributes on the sysfs device you create > yourself, not your pci device, as that's where they make more sense, > and > there you should be able to use the attribute group easily, right? >
The current version works well for me and I did not get any complaints about the possible race-condition you mentioned so far. So I am happy. > thanks, > > greg k-h Greetings Frank -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
