[PATCH v2 0/2] Rewrite the IIO_DEVICE_ATTR_NAMED API to pass name as string.

[PATCH v2 0/2] Rewrite the IIO_DEVICE_ATTR_NAMED API to pass name as string.

[Himanshi Jain]

This patchset is to rewrite the IIO_DEVICE_ATTR_NAMED API to pass name
as string.

Himanshi Jain (2):
  include: linux: sysfs: Add __ATTR_NAMED macro
  iio: Change to __ATTR_NAMED()

 drivers/iio/adc/ad7793.c          | 2 +-
 drivers/staging/iio/adc/ad7192.c  | 2 +-
 drivers/staging/iio/adc/ad7280a.c | 4 ++--
 include/linux/iio/sysfs.h         | 6 +++++-
 include/linux/sysfs.h             | 7 +++++++
 5 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

-- 
1.9.1

[PATCH v2 1/2] include: linux: sysfs: Add __ATTR_NAMED macro

[Himanshi Jain]

Add __ATTR_NAMED macro similar to __ATTR but taking name as a
string instead of implicit conversion of argument to string using
the macro _stringify(_name).

Signed-off-by: Himanshi Jain <himshijain.hj@gmail.com>
---
 include/linux/sysfs.h | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/linux/sysfs.h b/include/linux/sysfs.h
index aa02c32..20321cf 100644
--- a/include/linux/sysfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/sysfs.h
@@ -104,6 +104,13 @@ struct attribute_group {
 	.store	= _store,						\
 }
 
+#define __ATTR_NAMED(_name, _mode, _show, _store) {			\
+	.attr = {.name = _name,						\
+		 .mode = VERIFY_OCTAL_PERMISSIONS(_mode) },		\
+	.show = _show,							\
+	.store = _store,						\
+}
+
 #define __ATTR_PREALLOC(_name, _mode, _show, _store) {			\
 	.attr = {.name = __stringify(_name),				\
 		 .mode = SYSFS_PREALLOC | VERIFY_OCTAL_PERMISSIONS(_mode) },\
-- 
1.9.1

[PATCH v2 2/2] iio: Change to __ATTR_NAMED()

[Himanshi Jain]

Add IIO_ATTR_NAMED macro to use __ATTR_NAMED to allow passing
name as string to IIO_DEVICE_ATTR_NAMED. Change current usage
of IIO_DEVICE_ATTR_NAMED to pass name as string.

Signed-off-by: Himanshi Jain <himshijain.hj@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/iio/adc/ad7793.c          | 2 +-
 drivers/staging/iio/adc/ad7192.c  | 2 +-
 drivers/staging/iio/adc/ad7280a.c | 4 ++--
 include/linux/iio/sysfs.h         | 6 +++++-
 4 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/iio/adc/ad7793.c b/drivers/iio/adc/ad7793.c
index e6706a0..d74e324 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/adc/ad7793.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/adc/ad7793.c
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ static ssize_t ad7793_show_scale_available(struct device *dev,
 }
 
 static IIO_DEVICE_ATTR_NAMED(in_m_in_scale_available,
-		in_voltage-voltage_scale_available, S_IRUGO,
+		"in_voltage-voltage_scale_available", S_IRUGO,
 		ad7793_show_scale_available, NULL, 0);
 
 static struct attribute *ad7793_attributes[] = {
diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/adc/ad7192.c b/drivers/staging/iio/adc/ad7192.c
index d11c6de..daff38c 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/iio/adc/ad7192.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/iio/adc/ad7192.c
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ static int ad7192_setup(struct ad7192_state *st,
 }
 
 static IIO_DEVICE_ATTR_NAMED(in_v_m_v_scale_available,
-			     in_voltage-voltage_scale_available,
+			     "in_voltage-voltage_scale_available",
 			     0444, ad7192_show_scale_available, NULL, 0);
 
 static IIO_DEVICE_ATTR(in_voltage_scale_available, 0444,
diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/adc/ad7280a.c b/drivers/staging/iio/adc/ad7280a.c
index f85dde9..fd32e9a 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/iio/adc/ad7280a.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/iio/adc/ad7280a.c
@@ -750,14 +750,14 @@ static irqreturn_t ad7280_event_handler(int irq, void *private)
 }
 
 static IIO_DEVICE_ATTR_NAMED(in_thresh_low_value,
-		in_voltage-voltage_thresh_low_value,
+		"in_voltage-voltage_thresh_low_value",
 		0644,
 		ad7280_read_channel_config,
 		ad7280_write_channel_config,
 		AD7280A_CELL_UNDERVOLTAGE);
 
 static IIO_DEVICE_ATTR_NAMED(in_thresh_high_value,
-		in_voltage-voltage_thresh_high_value,
+		"in_voltage-voltage_thresh_high_value",
 		0644,
 		ad7280_read_channel_config,
 		ad7280_write_channel_config,
diff --git a/include/linux/iio/sysfs.h b/include/linux/iio/sysfs.h
index ce9426c..49c81a4 100644
--- a/include/linux/iio/sysfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/iio/sysfs.h
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ struct iio_const_attr {
 	{ .dev_attr = __ATTR(_name, _mode, _show, _store),	\
 	  .address = _addr }
 
+#define IIO_ATTR_NAMED(_name, _mode, _show, _store, _addr)		\
+	{ .dev_attr = __ATTR_NAMED(_name, _mode, _show, _store),	\
+	  .address = _addr }
+
 #define IIO_ATTR_RO(_name, _addr)       \
 	{ .dev_attr = __ATTR_RO(_name), \
 	  .address = _addr }
@@ -85,7 +89,7 @@ struct iio_const_attr {
 
 #define IIO_DEVICE_ATTR_NAMED(_vname, _name, _mode, _show, _store, _addr) \
 	struct iio_dev_attr iio_dev_attr_##_vname			\
-	= IIO_ATTR(_name, _mode, _show, _store, _addr)
+	= IIO_ATTR_NAMED(_name, _mode, _show, _store, _addr)
 
 #define IIO_CONST_ATTR(_name, _string)					\
 	struct iio_const_attr iio_const_attr_##_name			\
-- 
1.9.1

Re: [Outreachy kernel] [PATCH v2 0/2] Rewrite the IIO_DEVICE_ATTR_NAMED API to pass name as string.

[Julia Lawall]

On Wed, 13 Sep 2017, Himanshi Jain wrote:

> This patchset is to rewrite the IIO_DEVICE_ATTR_NAMED API to pass name
> as string.

You need to indicate what has changed in the v2, either here or in the
individual patches.

julia


>
> Himanshi Jain (2):
>   include: linux: sysfs: Add __ATTR_NAMED macro
>   iio: Change to __ATTR_NAMED()
>
>  drivers/iio/adc/ad7793.c          | 2 +-
>  drivers/staging/iio/adc/ad7192.c  | 2 +-
>  drivers/staging/iio/adc/ad7280a.c | 4 ++--
>  include/linux/iio/sysfs.h         | 6 +++++-
>  include/linux/sysfs.h             | 7 +++++++
>  5 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
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[PATCH v2 0/2] Rewrite the IIO_DEVICE_ATTR_NAMED API to pass name as string.

[Himanshi Jain]

This patchset is to rewrite the IIO_DEVICE_ATTR_NAMED API to pass name
as string. 
Change in v2: 
Split patch into two based on subsytems affected.

Himanshi Jain (2):
  include: linux: sysfs: Add __ATTR_NAMED macro
  iio: Change to __ATTR_NAMED()

 drivers/iio/adc/ad7793.c          | 2 +-
 drivers/staging/iio/adc/ad7192.c  | 2 +-
 drivers/staging/iio/adc/ad7280a.c | 4 ++--
 include/linux/iio/sysfs.h         | 6 +++++-
 include/linux/sysfs.h             | 7 +++++++
 5 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

-- 
1.9.1

Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] include: linux: sysfs: Add __ATTR_NAMED macro

[Jonathan Cameron]

On Wed, 13 Sep 2017 14:14:07 +0530
Himanshi Jain <himshijain.hj@gmail.com> wrote:

> Add __ATTR_NAMED macro similar to __ATTR but taking name as a
> string instead of implicit conversion of argument to string using
> the macro _stringify(_name).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Himanshi Jain <himshijain.hj@gmail.com>
> ---
>  include/linux/sysfs.h | 7 +++++++
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/sysfs.h b/include/linux/sysfs.h
> index aa02c32..20321cf 100644
> --- a/include/linux/sysfs.h
> +++ b/include/linux/sysfs.h
> @@ -104,6 +104,13 @@ struct attribute_group {
>  	.store	= _store,						\
>  }
>  
> +#define __ATTR_NAMED(_name, _mode, _show, _store) {			\

I'm not sure about the naming here.  The normal __ATTR macro is also
'named'.  Maybe something as awful as

__ATTR_STRING_NAME ? 

Greg what do you think?

This is all to allow us to have names with operators in them without
checkpatch complaining about them... A worthwhile aim just to stop
more people wasting time trying to 'fix' those cases by adding spaces.

Jonathan

> +	.attr = {.name = _name,						\
> +		 .mode = VERIFY_OCTAL_PERMISSIONS(_mode) },		\
> +	.show = _show,							\
> +	.store = _store,						\
> +}
> +
>  #define __ATTR_PREALLOC(_name, _mode, _show, _store) {			\
>  	.attr = {.name = __stringify(_name),				\
>  		 .mode = SYSFS_PREALLOC | VERIFY_OCTAL_PERMISSIONS(_mode) },\

Re: [Outreachy kernel] [PATCH v2 0/2] Rewrite the IIO_DEVICE_ATTR_NAMED API to pass name as string.

[Jonathan Cameron]

On Wed, 13 Sep 2017 10:46:59 +0200 (CEST)
Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@lip6.fr> wrote:

> On Wed, 13 Sep 2017, Himanshi Jain wrote:
> 
> > This patchset is to rewrite the IIO_DEVICE_ATTR_NAMED API to pass name
> > as string.  
> 
> You need to indicate what has changed in the v2, either here or in the
> individual patches.
> 
> julia

Absolutely agree with Julia.  However, I'd wait for a day or so
to see if anything else comes up rather than immediately sending
a v3 with a correct change log.

Thanks,

Jonathan
> 
> 
> >
> > Himanshi Jain (2):
> >   include: linux: sysfs: Add __ATTR_NAMED macro
> >   iio: Change to __ATTR_NAMED()
> >
> >  drivers/iio/adc/ad7793.c          | 2 +-
> >  drivers/staging/iio/adc/ad7192.c  | 2 +-
> >  drivers/staging/iio/adc/ad7280a.c | 4 ++--
> >  include/linux/iio/sysfs.h         | 6 +++++-
> >  include/linux/sysfs.h             | 7 +++++++
> >  5 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> >
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Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] include: linux: sysfs: Add __ATTR_NAMED macro

[Greg KH]

On Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 06:03:10PM +0100, Jonathan Cameron wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Sep 2017 14:14:07 +0530
> Himanshi Jain <himshijain.hj@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Add __ATTR_NAMED macro similar to __ATTR but taking name as a
> > string instead of implicit conversion of argument to string using
> > the macro _stringify(_name).
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Himanshi Jain <himshijain.hj@gmail.com>
> > ---
> >  include/linux/sysfs.h | 7 +++++++
> >  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/include/linux/sysfs.h b/include/linux/sysfs.h
> > index aa02c32..20321cf 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/sysfs.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/sysfs.h
> > @@ -104,6 +104,13 @@ struct attribute_group {
> >  	.store	= _store,						\
> >  }
> >  
> > +#define __ATTR_NAMED(_name, _mode, _show, _store) {			\
> 
> I'm not sure about the naming here.  The normal __ATTR macro is also
> 'named'.  Maybe something as awful as
> 
> __ATTR_STRING_NAME ? 
> 
> Greg what do you think?

ick ick ick.

> This is all to allow us to have names with operators in them without
> checkpatch complaining about them... A worthwhile aim just to stop
> more people wasting time trying to 'fix' those cases by adding spaces.

Yeah, but this really seems "heavy" for just a crazy sysfs name in a
macro.  Adding a whole new "core" define for that is a hard sell...

I also want to get rid of the "generic" __ATTR type macros, and force
people to use the proper _RW and friends instead.  I don't want to add
another new one that people will start to use that I later have to
change...

So no, I don't like this, how about just changing your macros instead?
No one else has this problem :)

thanks,

greg k-h

Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] include: linux: sysfs: Add __ATTR_NAMED macro

[Lars-Peter Clausen]

On 09/13/2017 08:58 PM, Greg KH wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 06:03:10PM +0100, Jonathan Cameron wrote:
>> On Wed, 13 Sep 2017 14:14:07 +0530
>> Himanshi Jain <himshijain.hj@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Add __ATTR_NAMED macro similar to __ATTR but taking name as a
>>> string instead of implicit conversion of argument to string using
>>> the macro _stringify(_name).
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Himanshi Jain <himshijain.hj@gmail.com>
>>> ---
>>>  include/linux/sysfs.h | 7 +++++++
>>>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/include/linux/sysfs.h b/include/linux/sysfs.h
>>> index aa02c32..20321cf 100644
>>> --- a/include/linux/sysfs.h
>>> +++ b/include/linux/sysfs.h
>>> @@ -104,6 +104,13 @@ struct attribute_group {
>>>  	.store	= _store,						\
>>>  }
>>>  
>>> +#define __ATTR_NAMED(_name, _mode, _show, _store) {			\
>>
>> I'm not sure about the naming here.  The normal __ATTR macro is also
>> 'named'.  Maybe something as awful as
>>
>> __ATTR_STRING_NAME ? 
>>
>> Greg what do you think?
> 
> ick ick ick.
> 
>> This is all to allow us to have names with operators in them without
>> checkpatch complaining about them... A worthwhile aim just to stop
>> more people wasting time trying to 'fix' those cases by adding spaces.
> 
> Yeah, but this really seems "heavy" for just a crazy sysfs name in a
> macro.  Adding a whole new "core" define for that is a hard sell...
> 
> I also want to get rid of the "generic" __ATTR type macros, and force
> people to use the proper _RW and friends instead.  I don't want to add
> another new one that people will start to use that I later have to
> change...
> 
> So no, I don't like this, how about just changing your macros instead?
> No one else has this problem :)

Nobody else realized they have this problem yet. E.g. there are a few users
of __ATTR in block/genhd.c that have the same issue and are likely to
generate the same false positives from static checkers.

Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] include: linux: sysfs: Add __ATTR_NAMED macro

[Jonathan Cameron]

On 13 September 2017 12:23:31 GMT-07:00, Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@metafoo.de> wrote:
>On 09/13/2017 08:58 PM, Greg KH wrote:
>> On Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 06:03:10PM +0100, Jonathan Cameron wrote:
>>> On Wed, 13 Sep 2017 14:14:07 +0530
>>> Himanshi Jain <himshijain.hj@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Add __ATTR_NAMED macro similar to __ATTR but taking name as a
>>>> string instead of implicit conversion of argument to string using
>>>> the macro _stringify(_name).
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Himanshi Jain <himshijain.hj@gmail.com>
>>>> ---
>>>>  include/linux/sysfs.h | 7 +++++++
>>>>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/include/linux/sysfs.h b/include/linux/sysfs.h
>>>> index aa02c32..20321cf 100644
>>>> --- a/include/linux/sysfs.h
>>>> +++ b/include/linux/sysfs.h
>>>> @@ -104,6 +104,13 @@ struct attribute_group {
>>>>  	.store	= _store,						\
>>>>  }
>>>>  
>>>> +#define __ATTR_NAMED(_name, _mode, _show, _store) {			\
>>>
>>> I'm not sure about the naming here.  The normal __ATTR macro is also
>>> 'named'.  Maybe something as awful as
>>>
>>> __ATTR_STRING_NAME ? 
>>>
>>> Greg what do you think?
>> 
>> ick ick ick.
>> 
>>> This is all to allow us to have names with operators in them without
>>> checkpatch complaining about them... A worthwhile aim just to stop
>>> more people wasting time trying to 'fix' those cases by adding
>spaces.
>> 
>> Yeah, but this really seems "heavy" for just a crazy sysfs name in a
>> macro.  Adding a whole new "core" define for that is a hard sell...
>> 
>> I also want to get rid of the "generic" __ATTR type macros, and force
>> people to use the proper _RW and friends instead.  I don't want to
>add
>> another new one that people will start to use that I later have to
>> change...
>> 
>> So no, I don't like this, how about just changing your macros
>instead?
>> No one else has this problem :)
>
>Nobody else realized they have this problem yet. E.g. there are a few
>users
>of __ATTR in block/genhd.c that have the same issue and are likely to
>generate the same false positives from static checkers.

For IIO there is the option of moving these over to the core generated available callbacks, but
that won't work in every case and is a more major change.  I need to shift a few more drivers
over to the available callbacks and see how well it works out.  Might find time to do one in a
 gap between interesting talks this afternoon...

If I am feeling really keen I might write this missing docs I promised a while back on that stuff. Jet lag dependant...  

Jonathan
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Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] include: linux: sysfs: Add __ATTR_NAMED macro

[Jonathan Cameron]

On 13 September 2017 12:23:31 GMT-07:00, Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@metafoo.de> wrote:
>On 09/13/2017 08:58 PM, Greg KH wrote:
>> On Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 06:03:10PM +0100, Jonathan Cameron wrote:
>>> On Wed, 13 Sep 2017 14:14:07 +0530
>>> Himanshi Jain <himshijain.hj@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Add __ATTR_NAMED macro similar to __ATTR but taking name as a
>>>> string instead of implicit conversion of argument to string using
>>>> the macro _stringify(_name).
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Himanshi Jain <himshijain.hj@gmail.com>
>>>> ---
>>>>  include/linux/sysfs.h | 7 +++++++
>>>>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/include/linux/sysfs.h b/include/linux/sysfs.h
>>>> index aa02c32..20321cf 100644
>>>> --- a/include/linux/sysfs.h
>>>> +++ b/include/linux/sysfs.h
>>>> @@ -104,6 +104,13 @@ struct attribute_group {
>>>>  	.store	= _store,						\
>>>>  }
>>>>  
>>>> +#define __ATTR_NAMED(_name, _mode, _show, _store) {			\
>>>
>>> I'm not sure about the naming here.  The normal __ATTR macro is also
>>> 'named'.  Maybe something as awful as
>>>
>>> __ATTR_STRING_NAME ? 
>>>
>>> Greg what do you think?
>> 
>> ick ick ick.
>> 
>>> This is all to allow us to have names with operators in them without
>>> checkpatch complaining about them... A worthwhile aim just to stop
>>> more people wasting time trying to 'fix' those cases by adding
>spaces.
>> 
>> Yeah, but this really seems "heavy" for just a crazy sysfs name in a
>> macro.  Adding a whole new "core" define for that is a hard sell...
>> 
>> I also want to get rid of the "generic" __ATTR type macros, and force
>> people to use the proper _RW and friends instead.  I don't want to
>add
>> another new one that people will start to use that I later have to
>> change...
>> 
>> So no, I don't like this, how about just changing your macros
>instead?
>> No one else has this problem :)
>
>Nobody else realized they have this problem yet. E.g. there are a few
>users
>of __ATTR in block/genhd.c that have the same issue and are likely to
>generate the same false positives from static checkers.

For IIO there is the option of moving these over to the core generated available callbacks, but
that won't work in every case and is a more major change.  I need to shift a few more drivers
over to the available callbacks and see how well it works out.  Might find time to do one in a
 gap between interesting talks this afternoon...

If I am feeling really keen I might write this missing docs I promised a while back on that stuff. Jet lag dependant...  

Jonathan
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Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] include: linux: sysfs: Add __ATTR_NAMED macro

[Greg KH]

On Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 09:23:31PM +0200, Lars-Peter Clausen wrote:
> On 09/13/2017 08:58 PM, Greg KH wrote:
> > On Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 06:03:10PM +0100, Jonathan Cameron wrote:
> >> On Wed, 13 Sep 2017 14:14:07 +0530
> >> Himanshi Jain <himshijain.hj@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Add __ATTR_NAMED macro similar to __ATTR but taking name as a
> >>> string instead of implicit conversion of argument to string using
> >>> the macro _stringify(_name).
> >>>
> >>> Signed-off-by: Himanshi Jain <himshijain.hj@gmail.com>
> >>> ---
> >>>  include/linux/sysfs.h | 7 +++++++
> >>>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
> >>>
> >>> diff --git a/include/linux/sysfs.h b/include/linux/sysfs.h
> >>> index aa02c32..20321cf 100644
> >>> --- a/include/linux/sysfs.h
> >>> +++ b/include/linux/sysfs.h
> >>> @@ -104,6 +104,13 @@ struct attribute_group {
> >>>  	.store	= _store,						\
> >>>  }
> >>>  
> >>> +#define __ATTR_NAMED(_name, _mode, _show, _store) {			\
> >>
> >> I'm not sure about the naming here.  The normal __ATTR macro is also
> >> 'named'.  Maybe something as awful as
> >>
> >> __ATTR_STRING_NAME ? 
> >>
> >> Greg what do you think?
> > 
> > ick ick ick.
> > 
> >> This is all to allow us to have names with operators in them without
> >> checkpatch complaining about them... A worthwhile aim just to stop
> >> more people wasting time trying to 'fix' those cases by adding spaces.
> > 
> > Yeah, but this really seems "heavy" for just a crazy sysfs name in a
> > macro.  Adding a whole new "core" define for that is a hard sell...
> > 
> > I also want to get rid of the "generic" __ATTR type macros, and force
> > people to use the proper _RW and friends instead.  I don't want to add
> > another new one that people will start to use that I later have to
> > change...
> > 
> > So no, I don't like this, how about just changing your macros instead?
> > No one else has this problem :)
> 
> Nobody else realized they have this problem yet. E.g. there are a few users
> of __ATTR in block/genhd.c that have the same issue and are likely to
> generate the same false positives from static checkers.

Then fix the broken static checkers :)

Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] include: linux: sysfs: Add __ATTR_NAMED macro

[Dan Carpenter]

On Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 02:29:52PM -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 09:23:31PM +0200, Lars-Peter Clausen wrote:
> > On 09/13/2017 08:58 PM, Greg KH wrote:
> > > On Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 06:03:10PM +0100, Jonathan Cameron wrote:
> > >> On Wed, 13 Sep 2017 14:14:07 +0530
> > >> Himanshi Jain <himshijain.hj@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> Add __ATTR_NAMED macro similar to __ATTR but taking name as a
> > >>> string instead of implicit conversion of argument to string using
> > >>> the macro _stringify(_name).
> > >>>
> > >>> Signed-off-by: Himanshi Jain <himshijain.hj@gmail.com>
> > >>> ---
> > >>>  include/linux/sysfs.h | 7 +++++++
> > >>>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
> > >>>
> > >>> diff --git a/include/linux/sysfs.h b/include/linux/sysfs.h
> > >>> index aa02c32..20321cf 100644
> > >>> --- a/include/linux/sysfs.h
> > >>> +++ b/include/linux/sysfs.h
> > >>> @@ -104,6 +104,13 @@ struct attribute_group {
> > >>>  	.store	= _store,						\
> > >>>  }
> > >>>  
> > >>> +#define __ATTR_NAMED(_name, _mode, _show, _store) {			\
> > >>
> > >> I'm not sure about the naming here.  The normal __ATTR macro is also
> > >> 'named'.  Maybe something as awful as
> > >>
> > >> __ATTR_STRING_NAME ? 
> > >>
> > >> Greg what do you think?
> > > 
> > > ick ick ick.
> > > 
> > >> This is all to allow us to have names with operators in them without
> > >> checkpatch complaining about them... A worthwhile aim just to stop
> > >> more people wasting time trying to 'fix' those cases by adding spaces.
> > > 
> > > Yeah, but this really seems "heavy" for just a crazy sysfs name in a
> > > macro.  Adding a whole new "core" define for that is a hard sell...
> > > 
> > > I also want to get rid of the "generic" __ATTR type macros, and force
> > > people to use the proper _RW and friends instead.  I don't want to add
> > > another new one that people will start to use that I later have to
> > > change...
> > > 
> > > So no, I don't like this, how about just changing your macros instead?
> > > No one else has this problem :)
> > 
> > Nobody else realized they have this problem yet. E.g. there are a few users
> > of __ATTR in block/genhd.c that have the same issue and are likely to
> > generate the same false positives from static checkers.
> 
> Then fix the broken static checkers :)

He was exagerating a bit to call it a "static checker" warning...
It's just checkpatch.pl complaining about adding spaces around the -
operator.  The sysfs file has a hyphen in the middle.

regards,
dan carpenter

Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] include: linux: sysfs: Add __ATTR_NAMED macro

[Joe Perches]

On Thu, 2017-09-14 at 00:43 +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> He was exagerating a bit to call it a "static checker" warning...

Not really.

False positives and false negatives exist in just about
every static
checker.

> It's just checkpatch.pl complaining about adding spaces around the -
> operator.

checkpatch is a brain-damaged by design static checker.
regexes can only be sensitive to patterns, not compiled code.

> The sysfs file has a hyphen in the middle.

Another option would be to use an underscore instead.

Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] include: linux: sysfs: Add __ATTR_NAMED macro

[Jonathan Cameron]

On 13 September 2017 14:58:23 GMT-07:00, Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> wrote:
>On Thu, 2017-09-14 at 00:43 +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
>> He was exagerating a bit to call it a "static checker" warning...
>
>Not really.
>
>False positives and false negatives exist in just about
>every static
>checker.
>
>> It's just checkpatch.pl complaining about adding spaces around the -
>> operator.
>
>checkpatch is a brain-damaged by design static checker.
>regexes can only be sensitive to patterns, not compiled code.
>
>> The sysfs file has a hyphen in the middle.
>
>Another option would be to use an underscore instead.

Userspace ABI plus it really does mean subtract.  Used in description of differential channels.
Most such IIO ABI is generated by the IIO core, this just comes up with corner cases of the ABI.

Jonathan

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Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] include: linux: sysfs: Add __ATTR_NAMED macro

[Jonathan Cameron]

On 13 September 2017 14:58:23 GMT-07:00, Joe Perches <joe@perches=2Ecom> w=
rote:
>On Thu, 2017-09-14 at 00:43 +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
>> He was exagerating a bit to call it a "static checker" warning=2E=2E=2E
>
>Not really=2E
>
>False positives and false negatives exist in just about
>every static
>checker=2E
>
>> It's just checkpatch=2Epl complaining about adding spaces around the -
>> operator=2E
>
>checkpatch is a brain-damaged by design static checker=2E
>regexes can only be sensitive to patterns, not compiled code=2E
>
>> The sysfs file has a hyphen in the middle=2E
>
>Another option would be to use an underscore instead=2E

Userspace ABI plus it really does mean subtract=2E  Used in description of=
 differential channels=2E
Most such IIO ABI is generated by the IIO core, this just comes up with co=
rner cases of the ABI=2E

Jonathan

--=20
Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail=2E Please excuse my brevity=2E

Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] include: linux: sysfs: Add __ATTR_NAMED macro

[Jonathan Cameron]

On 13 September 2017 14:58:23 GMT-07:00, Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> wrote:
>On Thu, 2017-09-14 at 00:43 +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
>> He was exagerating a bit to call it a "static checker" warning...
>
>Not really.
>
>False positives and false negatives exist in just about
>every static
>checker.
>
>> It's just checkpatch.pl complaining about adding spaces around the -
>> operator.
>
>checkpatch is a brain-damaged by design static checker.
>regexes can only be sensitive to patterns, not compiled code.
>
>> The sysfs file has a hyphen in the middle.
>
>Another option would be to use an underscore instead.

Userspace ABI plus it really does mean subtract.  Used in description of differential channels.
Most such IIO ABI is generated by the IIO core, this just comes up with corner cases of the ABI.

Jonathan

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Re: [Outreachy kernel] Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] include: linux: sysfs: Add __ATTR_NAMED macro

[Julia Lawall]

On Wed, 13 Sep 2017, Joe Perches wrote:

> On Thu, 2017-09-14 at 00:43 +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> > He was exagerating a bit to call it a "static checker" warning...
>
> Not really.
>
> False positives and false negatives exist in just about
> every static
> checker.
>
> > It's just checkpatch.pl complaining about adding spaces around the -
> > operator.
>
> checkpatch is a brain-damaged by design static checker.
> regexes can only be sensitive to patterns, not compiled code.
>
> > The sysfs file has a hyphen in the middle.
>
> Another option would be to use an underscore instead.

There are already underscores on either side.

julia

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Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] include: linux: sysfs: Add __ATTR_NAMED macro

[Himanshi Jain]

On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 2:20 AM, Jonathan Cameron
<jic23@jic23.retrosnub.co.uk> wrote:
>
>
> On 13 September 2017 12:23:31 GMT-07:00, Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@metafoo.de> wrote:
>>On 09/13/2017 08:58 PM, Greg KH wrote:
>>> On Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 06:03:10PM +0100, Jonathan Cameron wrote:
>>>> On Wed, 13 Sep 2017 14:14:07 +0530
>>>> Himanshi Jain <himshijain.hj@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Add __ATTR_NAMED macro similar to __ATTR but taking name as a
>>>>> string instead of implicit conversion of argument to string using
>>>>> the macro _stringify(_name).
>>>>>
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Himanshi Jain <himshijain.hj@gmail.com>
>>>>> ---
>>>>>  include/linux/sysfs.h | 7 +++++++
>>>>>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
>>>>>
>>>>> diff --git a/include/linux/sysfs.h b/include/linux/sysfs.h
>>>>> index aa02c32..20321cf 100644
>>>>> --- a/include/linux/sysfs.h
>>>>> +++ b/include/linux/sysfs.h
>>>>> @@ -104,6 +104,13 @@ struct attribute_group {
>>>>>    .store  = _store,                                               \
>>>>>  }
>>>>>
>>>>> +#define __ATTR_NAMED(_name, _mode, _show, _store) {                       \
>>>>
>>>> I'm not sure about the naming here.  The normal __ATTR macro is also
>>>> 'named'.  Maybe something as awful as
>>>>
>>>> __ATTR_STRING_NAME ?
>>>>
>>>> Greg what do you think?
>>>
>>> ick ick ick.
>>>
>>>> This is all to allow us to have names with operators in them without
>>>> checkpatch complaining about them... A worthwhile aim just to stop
>>>> more people wasting time trying to 'fix' those cases by adding
>>spaces.
>>>
>>> Yeah, but this really seems "heavy" for just a crazy sysfs name in a
>>> macro.  Adding a whole new "core" define for that is a hard sell...
>>>
>>> I also want to get rid of the "generic" __ATTR type macros, and force
>>> people to use the proper _RW and friends instead.  I don't want to
>>add
>>> another new one that people will start to use that I later have to
>>> change...
>>>
>>> So no, I don't like this, how about just changing your macros
>>instead?
>>> No one else has this problem :)
>>
>>Nobody else realized they have this problem yet. E.g. there are a few
>>users
>>of __ATTR in block/genhd.c that have the same issue and are likely to
>>generate the same false positives from static checkers.
>
> For IIO there is the option of moving these over to the core generated available callbacks, but
> that won't work in every case and is a more major change.  I need to shift a few more drivers
> over to the available callbacks and see how well it works out.  Might find time to do one in a
>  gap between interesting talks this afternoon...

Can I help you in this? It is about exploring options as far as I can
make out, although can't really understand what options are those for
now.

Or do you want me to put comments to not to fix this checkpatch
warning as you suggested earlier?

>
> If I am feeling really keen I might write this missing docs I promised a while back on that stuff. Jet lag dependant...
>
> Jonathan
>>
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Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] include: linux: sysfs: Add __ATTR_NAMED macro

[Lars-Peter Clausen]

On 09/13/2017 11:29 PM, Greg KH wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 09:23:31PM +0200, Lars-Peter Clausen wrote:
>> On 09/13/2017 08:58 PM, Greg KH wrote:
>>> On Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 06:03:10PM +0100, Jonathan Cameron wrote:
>>>> On Wed, 13 Sep 2017 14:14:07 +0530
>>>> Himanshi Jain <himshijain.hj@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Add __ATTR_NAMED macro similar to __ATTR but taking name as a
>>>>> string instead of implicit conversion of argument to string using
>>>>> the macro _stringify(_name).
>>>>>
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Himanshi Jain <himshijain.hj@gmail.com>
>>>>> ---
>>>>>  include/linux/sysfs.h | 7 +++++++
>>>>>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
>>>>>
>>>>> diff --git a/include/linux/sysfs.h b/include/linux/sysfs.h
>>>>> index aa02c32..20321cf 100644
>>>>> --- a/include/linux/sysfs.h
>>>>> +++ b/include/linux/sysfs.h
>>>>> @@ -104,6 +104,13 @@ struct attribute_group {
>>>>>  	.store	= _store,						\
>>>>>  }
>>>>>  
>>>>> +#define __ATTR_NAMED(_name, _mode, _show, _store) {			\
>>>>
>>>> I'm not sure about the naming here.  The normal __ATTR macro is also
>>>> 'named'.  Maybe something as awful as
>>>>
>>>> __ATTR_STRING_NAME ? 
>>>>
>>>> Greg what do you think?
>>>
>>> ick ick ick.
>>>
>>>> This is all to allow us to have names with operators in them without
>>>> checkpatch complaining about them... A worthwhile aim just to stop
>>>> more people wasting time trying to 'fix' those cases by adding spaces.
>>>
>>> Yeah, but this really seems "heavy" for just a crazy sysfs name in a
>>> macro.  Adding a whole new "core" define for that is a hard sell...
>>>
>>> I also want to get rid of the "generic" __ATTR type macros, and force
>>> people to use the proper _RW and friends instead.  I don't want to add
>>> another new one that people will start to use that I later have to
>>> change...
>>>
>>> So no, I don't like this, how about just changing your macros instead?
>>> No one else has this problem :)
>>
>> Nobody else realized they have this problem yet. E.g. there are a few users
>> of __ATTR in block/genhd.c that have the same issue and are likely to
>> generate the same false positives from static checkers.
> 
> Then fix the broken static checkers :)

The static checkers aren't broken, the macro is. It takes a string
parameter, but instead of a string it is passed as an expression and then
transformed to string using preprocessor magic in the macro. That's not very
good semantics. And hence this gets detected as a false positive, because
nobody expects such strange behavior.

Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] include: linux: sysfs: Add __ATTR_NAMED macro

[Jonathan Cameron]

On Mon, 18 Sep 2017 16:19:07 +0530
Himanshi Jain <himshijain.hj@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 2:20 AM, Jonathan Cameron
> <jic23@jic23.retrosnub.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> >
> > On 13 September 2017 12:23:31 GMT-07:00, Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@metafoo.de> wrote:  
> >>On 09/13/2017 08:58 PM, Greg KH wrote:  
> >>> On Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 06:03:10PM +0100, Jonathan Cameron wrote:  
> >>>> On Wed, 13 Sep 2017 14:14:07 +0530
> >>>> Himanshi Jain <himshijain.hj@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>  
> >>>>> Add __ATTR_NAMED macro similar to __ATTR but taking name as a
> >>>>> string instead of implicit conversion of argument to string using
> >>>>> the macro _stringify(_name).
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Signed-off-by: Himanshi Jain <himshijain.hj@gmail.com>
> >>>>> ---
> >>>>>  include/linux/sysfs.h | 7 +++++++
> >>>>>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
> >>>>>
> >>>>> diff --git a/include/linux/sysfs.h b/include/linux/sysfs.h
> >>>>> index aa02c32..20321cf 100644
> >>>>> --- a/include/linux/sysfs.h
> >>>>> +++ b/include/linux/sysfs.h
> >>>>> @@ -104,6 +104,13 @@ struct attribute_group {
> >>>>>    .store  = _store,                                               \
> >>>>>  }
> >>>>>
> >>>>> +#define __ATTR_NAMED(_name, _mode, _show, _store) {                       \  
> >>>>
> >>>> I'm not sure about the naming here.  The normal __ATTR macro is also
> >>>> 'named'.  Maybe something as awful as
> >>>>
> >>>> __ATTR_STRING_NAME ?
> >>>>
> >>>> Greg what do you think?  
> >>>
> >>> ick ick ick.
> >>>  
> >>>> This is all to allow us to have names with operators in them without
> >>>> checkpatch complaining about them... A worthwhile aim just to stop
> >>>> more people wasting time trying to 'fix' those cases by adding  
> >>spaces.  
> >>>
> >>> Yeah, but this really seems "heavy" for just a crazy sysfs name in a
> >>> macro.  Adding a whole new "core" define for that is a hard sell...
> >>>
> >>> I also want to get rid of the "generic" __ATTR type macros, and force
> >>> people to use the proper _RW and friends instead.  I don't want to  
> >>add  
> >>> another new one that people will start to use that I later have to
> >>> change...
> >>>
> >>> So no, I don't like this, how about just changing your macros  
> >>instead?  
> >>> No one else has this problem :)  
> >>
> >>Nobody else realized they have this problem yet. E.g. there are a few
> >>users
> >>of __ATTR in block/genhd.c that have the same issue and are likely to
> >>generate the same false positives from static checkers.  
> >
> > For IIO there is the option of moving these over to the core generated available callbacks, but
> > that won't work in every case and is a more major change.  I need to shift a few more drivers
> > over to the available callbacks and see how well it works out.  Might find time to do one in a
> >  gap between interesting talks this afternoon...  
> 
> Can I help you in this? It is about exploring options as far as I can
> make out, although can't really understand what options are those for
> now.

You are welcome to have a go.  However the relevant code isn't all that
well tested so I'd want to actually get enough of the setup to run to see
if it works (which is trickier).  I doubt anyone has ready access
to this hardware.

Anyhow, to see what I mean see : 

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jic23/iio.git/tree/drivers/iio/dac/dpot-dac.c

In particular dpot_dac_read_avail() and 

static const struct iio_chan_spec dpot_dac_iio_channel = {
	.type = IIO_VOLTAGE,
	.info_mask_separate = BIT(IIO_CHAN_INFO_RAW)
			    | BIT(IIO_CHAN_INFO_SCALE),
	.info_mask_separate_available = BIT(IIO_CHAN_INFO_RAW),
	.output = 1,
	.indexed = 1,
};

What this does is allow the core to create *_available attributes
(sometimes this is required by in kernel consumers of the channels as they
need to know the range of the channel for example).

The intent ultimately is to move drivers over to this interface and hopefully
get rid of the majority of remaining hand specified attrs.

It's always been well down the todo list though as it is easy to get wrong
in a given driver and we need to get more emulation in place to allow
testing of the various drivers. There are a couple of ways of doing such
emulation (i2c devices can use the i2c-stub framework, or we can do full blown
qemu emulation) - both are interesting diversions.

Also I promised to write the ABI docs (see the original patches introducing
it for some docs) but haven't actually done so yet which makes it tricky
to tell people to start using this stuff even in new drivers!

Anyhow, whilst you are welcome to look at this it might be a high risk choice
for where to get started during the outreachy applications period.

Still nothing wrong with being brave, but perhaps discuss with Alison, Daniel
or Julia.

Thanks,

Jonathan

> 
> Or do you want me to put comments to not to fix this checkpatch
> warning as you suggested earlier?
> 
> >
> > If I am feeling really keen I might write this missing docs I promised a while back on that stuff. Jet lag dependant...
> >
> > Jonathan  
> >>
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Re: [Outreachy kernel] Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] include: linux: sysfs: Add __ATTR_NAMED macro

[Julia Lawall]

On Thu, 21 Sep 2017, Jonathan Cameron wrote:

> On Mon, 18 Sep 2017 16:19:07 +0530
> Himanshi Jain <himshijain.hj@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 2:20 AM, Jonathan Cameron
> > <jic23@jic23.retrosnub.co.uk> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > On 13 September 2017 12:23:31 GMT-07:00, Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@metafoo.de> wrote:
> > >>On 09/13/2017 08:58 PM, Greg KH wrote:
> > >>> On Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 06:03:10PM +0100, Jonathan Cameron wrote:
> > >>>> On Wed, 13 Sep 2017 14:14:07 +0530
> > >>>> Himanshi Jain <himshijain.hj@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> Add __ATTR_NAMED macro similar to __ATTR but taking name as a
> > >>>>> string instead of implicit conversion of argument to string using
> > >>>>> the macro _stringify(_name).
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> Signed-off-by: Himanshi Jain <himshijain.hj@gmail.com>
> > >>>>> ---
> > >>>>>  include/linux/sysfs.h | 7 +++++++
> > >>>>>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> diff --git a/include/linux/sysfs.h b/include/linux/sysfs.h
> > >>>>> index aa02c32..20321cf 100644
> > >>>>> --- a/include/linux/sysfs.h
> > >>>>> +++ b/include/linux/sysfs.h
> > >>>>> @@ -104,6 +104,13 @@ struct attribute_group {
> > >>>>>    .store  = _store,                                               \
> > >>>>>  }
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> +#define __ATTR_NAMED(_name, _mode, _show, _store) {                       \
> > >>>>
> > >>>> I'm not sure about the naming here.  The normal __ATTR macro is also
> > >>>> 'named'.  Maybe something as awful as
> > >>>>
> > >>>> __ATTR_STRING_NAME ?
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Greg what do you think?
> > >>>
> > >>> ick ick ick.
> > >>>
> > >>>> This is all to allow us to have names with operators in them without
> > >>>> checkpatch complaining about them... A worthwhile aim just to stop
> > >>>> more people wasting time trying to 'fix' those cases by adding
> > >>spaces.
> > >>>
> > >>> Yeah, but this really seems "heavy" for just a crazy sysfs name in a
> > >>> macro.  Adding a whole new "core" define for that is a hard sell...
> > >>>
> > >>> I also want to get rid of the "generic" __ATTR type macros, and force
> > >>> people to use the proper _RW and friends instead.  I don't want to
> > >>add
> > >>> another new one that people will start to use that I later have to
> > >>> change...
> > >>>
> > >>> So no, I don't like this, how about just changing your macros
> > >>instead?
> > >>> No one else has this problem :)
> > >>
> > >>Nobody else realized they have this problem yet. E.g. there are a few
> > >>users
> > >>of __ATTR in block/genhd.c that have the same issue and are likely to
> > >>generate the same false positives from static checkers.
> > >
> > > For IIO there is the option of moving these over to the core generated available callbacks, but
> > > that won't work in every case and is a more major change.  I need to shift a few more drivers
> > > over to the available callbacks and see how well it works out.  Might find time to do one in a
> > >  gap between interesting talks this afternoon...
> >
> > Can I help you in this? It is about exploring options as far as I can
> > make out, although can't really understand what options are those for
> > now.
>
> You are welcome to have a go.  However the relevant code isn't all that
> well tested so I'd want to actually get enough of the setup to run to see
> if it works (which is trickier).  I doubt anyone has ready access
> to this hardware.
>
> Anyhow, to see what I mean see :
>
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jic23/iio.git/tree/drivers/iio/dac/dpot-dac.c
>
> In particular dpot_dac_read_avail() and
>
> static const struct iio_chan_spec dpot_dac_iio_channel = {
> 	.type = IIO_VOLTAGE,
> 	.info_mask_separate = BIT(IIO_CHAN_INFO_RAW)
> 			    | BIT(IIO_CHAN_INFO_SCALE),
> 	.info_mask_separate_available = BIT(IIO_CHAN_INFO_RAW),
> 	.output = 1,
> 	.indexed = 1,
> };
>
> What this does is allow the core to create *_available attributes
> (sometimes this is required by in kernel consumers of the channels as they
> need to know the range of the channel for example).
>
> The intent ultimately is to move drivers over to this interface and hopefully
> get rid of the majority of remaining hand specified attrs.
>
> It's always been well down the todo list though as it is easy to get wrong
> in a given driver and we need to get more emulation in place to allow
> testing of the various drivers. There are a couple of ways of doing such
> emulation (i2c devices can use the i2c-stub framework, or we can do full blown
> qemu emulation) - both are interesting diversions.
>
> Also I promised to write the ABI docs (see the original patches introducing
> it for some docs) but haven't actually done so yet which makes it tricky
> to tell people to start using this stuff even in new drivers!
>
> Anyhow, whilst you are welcome to look at this it might be a high risk choice
> for where to get started during the outreachy applications period.
>
> Still nothing wrong with being brave, but perhaps discuss with Alison, Daniel
> or Julia.

Himanshi,

>From a practical point of view, being brave would definitely be taken into
account.  But be sure that you have some accepted patches during the
application period as well.  If you spend all your time on this and it
doesn't work out, that would be too bad.

julia

>
> Thanks,
>
> Jonathan
>
> >
> > Or do you want me to put comments to not to fix this checkpatch
> > warning as you suggested earlier?
> >
> > >
> > > If I am feeling really keen I might write this missing docs I promised a while back on that stuff. Jet lag dependant...
> > >
> > > Jonathan
> > >>
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Re: [Outreachy kernel] Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] include: linux: sysfs: Add __ATTR_NAMED macro

[Julia Lawall]

On Thu, 21 Sep 2017, Jonathan Cameron wrote:

> On Mon, 18 Sep 2017 16:19:07 +0530
> Himanshi Jain <himshijain.hj@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 2:20 AM, Jonathan Cameron
> > <jic23@jic23.retrosnub.co.uk> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > On 13 September 2017 12:23:31 GMT-07:00, Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@metafoo.de> wrote:
> > >>On 09/13/2017 08:58 PM, Greg KH wrote:
> > >>> On Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 06:03:10PM +0100, Jonathan Cameron wrote:
> > >>>> On Wed, 13 Sep 2017 14:14:07 +0530
> > >>>> Himanshi Jain <himshijain.hj@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> Add __ATTR_NAMED macro similar to __ATTR but taking name as a
> > >>>>> string instead of implicit conversion of argument to string using
> > >>>>> the macro _stringify(_name).
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> Signed-off-by: Himanshi Jain <himshijain.hj@gmail.com>
> > >>>>> ---
> > >>>>>  include/linux/sysfs.h | 7 +++++++
> > >>>>>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> diff --git a/include/linux/sysfs.h b/include/linux/sysfs.h
> > >>>>> index aa02c32..20321cf 100644
> > >>>>> --- a/include/linux/sysfs.h
> > >>>>> +++ b/include/linux/sysfs.h
> > >>>>> @@ -104,6 +104,13 @@ struct attribute_group {
> > >>>>>    .store  = _store,                                               \
> > >>>>>  }
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> +#define __ATTR_NAMED(_name, _mode, _show, _store) {                       \
> > >>>>
> > >>>> I'm not sure about the naming here.  The normal __ATTR macro is also
> > >>>> 'named'.  Maybe something as awful as
> > >>>>
> > >>>> __ATTR_STRING_NAME ?
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Greg what do you think?
> > >>>
> > >>> ick ick ick.
> > >>>
> > >>>> This is all to allow us to have names with operators in them without
> > >>>> checkpatch complaining about them... A worthwhile aim just to stop
> > >>>> more people wasting time trying to 'fix' those cases by adding
> > >>spaces.
> > >>>
> > >>> Yeah, but this really seems "heavy" for just a crazy sysfs name in a
> > >>> macro.  Adding a whole new "core" define for that is a hard sell...
> > >>>
> > >>> I also want to get rid of the "generic" __ATTR type macros, and force
> > >>> people to use the proper _RW and friends instead.  I don't want to
> > >>add
> > >>> another new one that people will start to use that I later have to
> > >>> change...
> > >>>
> > >>> So no, I don't like this, how about just changing your macros
> > >>instead?
> > >>> No one else has this problem :)
> > >>
> > >>Nobody else realized they have this problem yet. E.g. there are a few
> > >>users
> > >>of __ATTR in block/genhd.c that have the same issue and are likely to
> > >>generate the same false positives from static checkers.
> > >
> > > For IIO there is the option of moving these over to the core generated available callbacks, but
> > > that won't work in every case and is a more major change.  I need to shift a few more drivers
> > > over to the available callbacks and see how well it works out.  Might find time to do one in a
> > >  gap between interesting talks this afternoon...
> >
> > Can I help you in this? It is about exploring options as far as I can
> > make out, although can't really understand what options are those for
> > now.
>
> You are welcome to have a go.  However the relevant code isn't all that
> well tested so I'd want to actually get enough of the setup to run to see
> if it works (which is trickier).  I doubt anyone has ready access
> to this hardware.
>
> Anyhow, to see what I mean see :
>
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jic23/iio.git/tree/drivers/iio/dac/dpot-dac.c
>
> In particular dpot_dac_read_avail() and
>
> static const struct iio_chan_spec dpot_dac_iio_channel = {
> 	.type = IIO_VOLTAGE,
> 	.info_mask_separate = BIT(IIO_CHAN_INFO_RAW)
> 			    | BIT(IIO_CHAN_INFO_SCALE),
> 	.info_mask_separate_available = BIT(IIO_CHAN_INFO_RAW),
> 	.output = 1,
> 	.indexed = 1,
> };
>
> What this does is allow the core to create *_available attributes
> (sometimes this is required by in kernel consumers of the channels as they
> need to know the range of the channel for example).
>
> The intent ultimately is to move drivers over to this interface and hopefully
> get rid of the majority of remaining hand specified attrs.
>
> It's always been well down the todo list though as it is easy to get wrong
> in a given driver and we need to get more emulation in place to allow
> testing of the various drivers. There are a couple of ways of doing such
> emulation (i2c devices can use the i2c-stub framework, or we can do full blown
> qemu emulation) - both are interesting diversions.
>
> Also I promised to write the ABI docs (see the original patches introducing
> it for some docs) but haven't actually done so yet which makes it tricky
> to tell people to start using this stuff even in new drivers!
>
> Anyhow, whilst you are welcome to look at this it might be a high risk choice
> for where to get started during the outreachy applications period.
>
> Still nothing wrong with being brave, but perhaps discuss with Alison, Daniel
> or Julia.

Himanshi,

From a practical point of view, being brave would definitely be taken into
account.  But be sure that you have some accepted patches during the
application period as well.  If you spend all your time on this and it
doesn't work out, that would be too bad.

julia

>
> Thanks,
>
> Jonathan
>
> >
> > Or do you want me to put comments to not to fix this checkpatch
> > warning as you suggested earlier?
> >
> > >
> > > If I am feeling really keen I might write this missing docs I promised a while back on that stuff. Jet lag dependant...
> > >
> > > Jonathan
> > >>
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