[PATCH 1/3] exporting capability name/code pairs (final)

From: Kohei KaiGai
Date: Thu Feb 21 2008 - 20:51:15 EST


[1/3] Add a private data field within kobj_attribute structure.

This patch add a private data field, declared as void *, within kobj_attribute
structure. The _show() and _store() method in the sysfs attribute entries can
refer this information to identify what entry is accessed.
It makes easier to share a single method implementation with several similar
entries, like ones to export the list of capabilities the running kernel
supported.

Signed-off-by: KaiGai Kohei <kaigai@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
--
include/linux/kobject.h | 1 +
include/linux/sysfs.h | 7 +++++++
2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/kobject.h b/include/linux/kobject.h
index caa3f41..57d5bf1 100644
--- a/include/linux/kobject.h
+++ b/include/linux/kobject.h
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ struct kobj_attribute {
char *buf);
ssize_t (*store)(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_attribute *attr,
const char *buf, size_t count);
+ void *data; /* a private field */
};

extern struct sysfs_ops kobj_sysfs_ops;
diff --git a/include/linux/sysfs.h b/include/linux/sysfs.h
index 8027104..6f40ff9 100644
--- a/include/linux/sysfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/sysfs.h
@@ -50,6 +50,13 @@ struct attribute_group {
.store = _store, \
}

+#define __ATTR_DATA(_name,_mode,_show,_store,_data) { \
+ .attr = {.name = __stringify(_name), .mode = _mode }, \
+ .show = _show, \
+ .store = _store, \
+ .data = (void *)(_data), \
+}
+
#define __ATTR_RO(_name) { \
.attr = { .name = __stringify(_name), .mode = 0444 }, \
.show = _name##_show, \

--
OSS Platform Development Division, NEC
KaiGai Kohei <kaigai@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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