Re: [PATCH v4 1/5] rtc: sysfs: facilitate attribute add to rtc device
From: Denis OSTERLAND <hidden>
Date: 2018-07-18 07:47:45
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Hello, thanks for your comments. Am Mittwoch, den 18.07.2018, 09:25 +0200 schrieb Alexandre Belloni:
Hello, On 10/07/2018 09:44:15+0000, Denis OSTERLAND wrote:quoted
+ +static size_t rtc_group_count(struct rtc_device *rtc) +{I don't feel this function is necessary, you can include it in __rtc_add_group
I think that it is easier to read, but sure I can include it.
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+ +static inline int +__rtc_add_group(struct rtc_device *rtc, const struct attribute_group *grp) +{ + size_t cnt = rtc_group_count(rtc); + const struct attribute_group **groups, **old; + + groups = devm_kzalloc(&rtc->dev, (cnt+2)*sizeof(*groups), GFP_KERNEL);Please use devm_kcalloc
okay
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+ if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(groups)) + return PTR_ERR(groups); + memcpy(groups, rtc->dev.groups, cnt*sizeof(*groups)); + groups[cnt] = grp; + + old = rtc->dev.groups; + rtc->dev.groups = groups; + if (old != rtc_attr_groups) + devm_kfree(&rtc->dev, old); + + return 0; +} + +int rtc_add_group(struct rtc_device *rtc, const struct attribute_group *grp) +{ + return rtc->dev.kobj.state_in_sysfs ? + devm_device_add_group(&rtc->dev, grp) : + __rtc_add_group(rtc, grp);Using devm_device_add_group after RTC registration is racy and should not be allowed. I would merge __rtc_add_group in rtc_add_group and return an error if rtc->registered is true.
You are right. An error in this case is better.
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