Re: [PATCH v6 0/2] uio_hv_generic: Fix ring buffer sysfs creation path

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Fri Apr 25 2025 - 10:01:10 EST


On Thu, Apr 24, 2025 at 11:05:22AM +0530, Naman Jain wrote:
> Hi,
> This patch series aims to address the sysfs creation issue for the ring
> buffer by reorganizing the code. Additionally, it updates the ring sysfs
> size to accurately reflect the actual ring buffer size, rather than a
> fixed static value.
>
> PFB change logs:
>
> Changes since v5:
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250415164452.170239-1-namjain@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> * Added Reviewed-By tags from Dexuan. Also, addressed minor comments in
> commit msg of both patches.
> * Missed to remove check for "primary_channel->device_obj->channels_kset" in
> hv_create_ring_sysfs in earlier patch, as suggested by Michael. Did it
> now.
> * Changed type for declaring bin_attrs due to changes introduced by
> commit 9bec944506fa ("sysfs: constify attribute_group::bin_attrs") which
> merged recently. Did not use bin_attrs_new since another change is in
> the queue to change usage of bin_attrs_new to bin_attrs
> (sysfs: finalize the constification of 'struct bin_attribute').

Please fix up to apply cleanly without build warnings:

drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c:1893:15: error: initializing 'struct bin_attribute **' with an expression of type 'const struct bin_attribute *const[2]' discards qualifiers in nested pointer types [-Werror,-Wincompatible-pointer-types-discards-qualifiers]
1893 | .bin_attrs = vmbus_chan_bin_attrs,
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1 error generated.