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    SubjectRe: sysfs file creation result nightmare
    On Sat, 16 Dec 2006 07:16:13 +1100
    Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> wrote:

    > > Beware that sysfs_remove_bin_file() will complain loudly if you later
    > > attempt to delete that file that was never created.
    >
    > That's another problem... what is a driver that creates 15 files
    > supposed to do ? Have 15 booleans to remember which files where
    > successfully created and then test all of them on cleanup ? That sounds
    > like even more bloat to me...

    That's the sort of thing which should be done inside sysfs_create_group()
    and sysfs_remove_group().
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