From 35960258ed388cdcebdb71df35fd5126978ca325 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Eric W. Biederman" Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 04:35:32 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] sysfs: Document sysfs_attr_init and sysfs_bin_attr_init I have added a new requirement to the external sysfs interface that dynamically allocated sysfs attributes must call sysfs_attr_init if lockdep is enabled. For the time being callying sysfs_attr_init is only mandatory if lockdep is enabled, so we can live with a few unconverted instances until we find them all. As this is part of the public interface of sysfs it is a good idea to document these pseudo functions so someone inspeciting the code can find out what has happened. Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- include/linux/sysfs.h | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+) diff --git a/include/linux/sysfs.h b/include/linux/sysfs.h index 006c359e63c0..5b8f80f5aca6 100644 --- a/include/linux/sysfs.h +++ b/include/linux/sysfs.h @@ -36,6 +36,16 @@ struct attribute { #endif }; +/** + * sysfs_attr_init - initialize a dynamically allocated sysfs attribute + * @attr: struct attribute to initialize + * + * Initialize a dynamically allocated struct attribute so we can + * make lockdep happy. This is a new requirement for attributes + * and initially this is only needed when lockdep is enabled. + * Lockdep gives a nice error when your attribute is added to + * sysfs if you don't have this. + */ #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC #define sysfs_attr_init(attr) \ do { \ @@ -90,6 +100,16 @@ struct bin_attribute { struct vm_area_struct *vma); }; +/** + * sysfs_bin_attr_init - initialize a dynamically allocated bin_attribute + * @attr: struct bin_attribute to initialize + * + * Initialize a dynamically allocated struct bin_attribute so we + * can make lockdep happy. This is a new requirement for + * attributes and initially this is only needed when lockdep is + * enabled. Lockdep gives a nice error when your attribute is + * added to sysfs if you don't have this. + */ #define sysfs_bin_attr_init(bin_attr) sysfs_attr_init(&bin_attr->attr) struct sysfs_ops { -- 2.20.1