driver core: add default groups to struct class

We should be using groups, not attribute lists, for classes to allow subdirectories, and soon, binary files. Groups are just more flexible overall, so add them. The dev_attrs list will go away after all in-kernel users are converted to use dev_groups. Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <[email protected]> Tested-by: Guenter Roeck <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>
aosmith · Jul 16, 2013 · d05a6f9 · d05a6f9
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diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -528,9 +528,12 @@ static int device_add_attrs(struct device *dev)
 	int error;
 
 	if (class) {
-		error = device_add_attributes(dev, class->dev_attrs);
+		error = device_add_groups(dev, class->dev_groups);
 		if (error)
 			return error;
+		error = device_add_attributes(dev, class->dev_attrs);
+		if (error)
+			goto err_remove_class_groups;
 		error = device_add_bin_attributes(dev, class->dev_bin_attrs);
 		if (error)
 			goto err_remove_class_attrs;
@@ -563,6 +566,9 @@ static int device_add_attrs(struct device *dev)
  err_remove_class_attrs:
 	if (class)
 		device_remove_attributes(dev, class->dev_attrs);
+ err_remove_class_groups:
+	if (class)
+		device_remove_groups(dev, class->dev_groups);
 
 	return error;
 }
@@ -581,6 +587,7 @@ static void device_remove_attrs(struct device *dev)
 	if (class) {
 		device_remove_attributes(dev, class->dev_attrs);
 		device_remove_bin_attributes(dev, class->dev_bin_attrs);
+		device_remove_groups(dev, class->dev_groups);
 	}
 }
 

diff --git a/include/linux/device.h b/include/linux/device.h
@@ -320,6 +320,7 @@ int subsys_virtual_register(struct bus_type *subsys,
  * @name:	Name of the class.
  * @owner:	The module owner.
  * @class_attrs: Default attributes of this class.
+ * @dev_groups:	Default attributes of the devices that belong to the class.
  * @dev_attrs:	Default attributes of the devices belong to the class.
  * @dev_bin_attrs: Default binary attributes of the devices belong to the class.
  * @dev_kobj:	The kobject that represents this class and links it into the hierarchy.
@@ -349,7 +350,8 @@ struct class {
 	struct module		*owner;
 
 	struct class_attribute		*class_attrs;
-	struct device_attribute		*dev_attrs;
+	struct device_attribute		*dev_attrs;	/* use dev_groups instead */
+	const struct attribute_group	**dev_groups;
 	struct bin_attribute		*dev_bin_attrs;
 	struct kobject			*dev_kobj;