Re: [PATCH v6 1/4] of: overlay: kobjectify overlay objects

Hi Greg,

On Oct 21, 2015, at 00:03 , Greg Kroah-Hartman [off-list ref] wrote:

On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 10:13:14PM +0300, Pantelis Antoniou wrote:

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We are going to need the overlays to appear on sysfs with runtime
global properties (like master enable) so turn them into kobjects.

Why kobjects and not 'struct device’?

Cause it’s overkill.

There is no hardware/abstract device connection between an overlay and a device as what’s being used right now in driver core.

kobjs are enough to present them in the filesystem hierarchy.

Why even have them in sysfs at all?  You need more information here as
to why you want to do this.

They have to be in sysfs so that people can have information about the overlays applied in the system, i.e. where their targets are and whether removal is possible. That’s what’s possible for now; in the future we might present the full contents of the overlay there, and what changes to the live tree were made.

thanks,

greg k-h

Regards

— Pantelis