From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
Cc: Janne Kanniainen <janne.kanniainen@gmail.com>,
jkosina@suse.cz, cooloney@gmail.com,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-leds@vger.kernel.org,
linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, linux-input@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v10] leds: USB: HID: Add support for MSI GT683R led panels
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2014 15:40:59 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140623194059.GA19615@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20140623193134.GA15945@localhost>
On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 09:31:34PM +0200, Johan Hovold wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 02:24:32PM -0400, Greg KH wrote:
> > On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 02:23:24PM -0400, Greg KH wrote:
> > > On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 08:16:48PM +0300, Janne Kanniainen wrote:
> > > > + ret = sysfs_create_group(&led->hdev->dev.kobj, >683r_attribute_group);
> > > > + if (ret) {
> > > > + hid_err(hdev, "failed to create sysfs attributes\n");
> > > > + goto fail;
> > > > + }
> > >
> > > No, you need to set the attribute group _before_ you call
> > > led_classdev_register, as that is where the device will be created in
> > > sysfs. Surely the other led drivers already do this? I'm almost afraid
> > > to go look...
> >
> > Yes, they do it already, set .dev_attr_group and you should be fine.
>
> But this isn't an attribute of the LEDs but rather of the parent HID
> device that is being probed (the led_mode is common to all three LEDs
> and thus belongs in the parent device, right?).
Then that's even worse :(
The sysfs attribute should be on the class device here for the LED, you
should not put an attribute on a device you are not the driver for.
greg k-h
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-06-23 19:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 74+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-06-05 21:29 [PATCH v2] leds: USB: Add support for MSI GT683R led panels Janne Kanniainen
2014-06-06 9:47 ` Johan Hovold
2014-06-07 10:12 ` Janne Kanniainen
2014-06-09 11:42 ` Johan Hovold
2014-06-10 21:10 ` Janne Kanniainen
2014-06-10 21:21 ` [PATCH v3] leds: USB: HID: " Janne Kanniainen
2014-06-11 11:25 ` Jiri Kosina
2014-06-11 14:06 ` Johan Hovold
2014-06-11 14:05 ` Johan Hovold
2014-06-11 15:30 ` Johan Hovold
2014-06-11 17:34 ` Johan Hovold
2014-06-11 22:48 ` [PATCH v4] " Janne Kanniainen
2014-06-12 9:06 ` Johan Hovold
2014-06-12 20:34 ` [PATCH v5] " Janne Kanniainen
2014-06-13 7:54 ` Johan Hovold
2014-06-13 17:19 ` Janne Kanniainen
2014-06-15 14:59 ` Janne Kanniainen
2014-06-16 7:39 ` Johan Hovold
2014-06-16 17:23 ` [PATCH v6] " Janne Kanniainen
2014-06-16 22:01 ` Janne Kanniainen
2014-06-17 13:46 ` Johan Hovold
2014-06-17 16:41 ` [PATCH v8] " Janne Kanniainen
2014-06-18 7:39 ` Johan Hovold
2014-06-18 16:05 ` [PATCH v9] " Janne Kanniainen
2014-06-18 16:11 ` Johan Hovold
2014-06-18 18:41 ` Janne Kanniainen
2014-06-18 18:46 ` Johan Hovold
2014-06-18 22:10 ` Jiri Kosina
2014-06-23 14:35 ` Oliver Neukum
2014-06-23 14:42 ` Johan Hovold
2014-06-23 16:17 ` Greg KH
2014-06-23 17:16 ` [PATCH v10] " Janne Kanniainen
2014-06-23 17:27 ` Johan Hovold
2014-06-23 18:23 ` Greg KH
2014-06-23 18:24 ` Greg KH
2014-06-23 19:31 ` Johan Hovold
2014-06-23 19:40 ` Greg KH [this message]
2014-06-23 19:52 ` Johan Hovold
2014-06-23 20:24 ` Greg KH
2014-06-23 20:44 ` Johan Hovold
2014-06-24 13:10 ` Bjørn Mork
2014-06-24 14:50 ` Johan Hovold
2014-06-24 19:38 ` [PATCH 1/2] HID: leds: fix race condition in MSI GT683R driver Janne Kanniainen
2014-06-24 19:38 ` [PATCH 2/2] HID: leds: move led_mode attribute to led-class devices " Janne Kanniainen
2014-06-24 19:56 ` Greg KH
2014-06-25 11:55 ` Johan Hovold
2014-06-25 15:59 ` [PATCH 2/2 v2] HID: leds: Use attribute-groups " Janne Kanniainen
2014-06-25 17:41 ` Johan Hovold
2014-06-25 18:13 ` [PATCH 2/2 v3] HID: leds: move led_mode attribute to led-class devices " Janne Kanniainen
2014-06-30 10:39 ` Johan Hovold
2014-07-01 17:50 ` [PATCH 2/2 v4] " Janne Kanniainen
2014-07-01 20:16 ` Johan Hovold
2014-07-02 17:37 ` [PATCH 2/2 v5] " Janne Kanniainen
2014-07-03 8:28 ` Johan Hovold
2014-07-03 17:17 ` [PATCH 1/2 v6] HID: gt683r: fix race condition Janne Kanniainen
2014-07-03 17:17 ` [PATCH 2/2 v6] HID: gt683r: move mode attribute to led-class devices Janne Kanniainen
2014-07-03 17:40 ` Johan Hovold
2014-07-03 18:17 ` Bryan Wu
2014-07-03 18:28 ` Janne Kanniainen
2014-07-03 17:34 ` [PATCH 1/2 v6] HID: gt683r: fix race condition Johan Hovold
2014-07-03 18:13 ` Bryan Wu
2014-06-25 19:09 ` [PATCH 2/2 v2] HID: leds: Use attribute-groups in MSI GT683R driver Jiri Kosina
2014-06-25 22:55 ` Bryan Wu
2014-06-30 10:47 ` Johan Hovold
2014-06-30 11:33 ` Jiri Kosina
2014-06-30 23:17 ` Bryan Wu
2014-07-01 8:48 ` Johan Hovold
2014-07-01 15:48 ` Bryan Wu
2014-07-01 17:53 ` Janne Kanniainen
2014-07-02 8:56 ` Jiri Kosina
2014-06-23 16:20 ` [PATCH v9] leds: USB: HID: Add support for MSI GT683R led panels Janne Kanniainen
2014-06-14 22:42 ` [PATCH v5] " Pavel Machek
2014-06-14 23:23 ` Janne Kanniainen
2014-06-16 7:45 ` Johan Hovold
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