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SubjectRe: [PATCH v6 3/4] of: overlay: add per overlay sysfs attributes
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Hi Rob,

> On Oct 22, 2015, at 00:52 , Rob Herring <robherring2@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 2:37 PM, Pantelis Antoniou
> <pantelis.antoniou@konsulko.com> wrote:
>> Hi Rob,
>>
>>> On Oct 21, 2015, at 00:54 , Rob Herring <robherring2@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 4:11 PM, Pantelis Antoniou
>>> <pantelis.antoniou@konsulko.com> wrote:
>>>> Hi Rob,
>>>>
>>>>> On Oct 21, 2015, at 00:04 , Rob Herring <robherring2@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 2:13 PM, Pantelis Antoniou
>>>>> <pantelis.antoniou@konsulko.com> wrote:
>>>>>> * A per overlay can_remove sysfs attribute that reports whether
>>>>>> the overlay can be removed or not due to another overlapping overlay.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> * A target sysfs attribute listing the target of each fragment,
>>>>>> in a group named after the name of the fragment.
>>>
>>> [...]
>>>
>>>>>> @@ -255,6 +278,17 @@ err_fail:
>>>>>> return -EINVAL;
>>>>>> }
>>>>>>
>>>>>> +static ssize_t target_show(struct kobject *kobj,
>>>>>> + struct fragment_attribute *fattr, char *buf)
>>>>>> +{
>>>>>> + struct of_overlay_info *ovinfo = fattr->ovinfo;
>>>>>> +
>>>>>> + return snprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, "%s\n",
>>>>>> + of_node_full_name(ovinfo->target));
>>>>>
>>>>> This can be a link to the node itself, can't it?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Yes. Do you want it like this?
>>>
>>> Yes, hence the suggestion. Unless you see some reason why not.
>>>
>>
>> Nope, can’t be done. The sysfs API only allows linking one kobj to another.
>> The kobj is the overlay but the target is in the fragment attribute group.
>
> Can't we make the fragments kobj's as well?
>

We could, but it break the mental model of what a kobj should represent.
An overlay is an object which can be address, a fragment is never directly
exposed.

TBH a link attribute is indeed better than a path attribute, but marginally so.
It’s not worth the trouble IMO.

> Rob

Regards

— Pantelis



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