On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 07:04:03PM +0900, Kohei KaiGai wrote:
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> Greg KH wrote:
>> On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 03:57:44PM +0900, Kohei KaiGai wrote:
>>> Greg KH wrote:
>>>> On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 03:10:27PM +0900, Kohei KaiGai wrote:
>>>>> [PATCH 1/3] add a private data field within kobj_attribute structure.
>>>>>
>>>>> This patch add a private data field, declared as void *, within 
>>>>> kobj_attribute
>>>>> structure. The _show() and _store() method in the sysfs attribute 
>>>>> entries can
>>>>> refer this information to identify what entry is accessed.
>>>>> It makes easier to share a single method implementation with several 
>>>>> similar
>>>>> entries, like ones to export the list of capabilities the running 
>>>>> kernel
>>>>> supports.
>>>>>
>>>>> Signed-off-by: KaiGai Kohei <kaigai@ak.jp.nec.com>
>>>>> --
>>>>>  Documentation/kobject.txt |    6 ++++++
>>>> That's good, but you didn't modify the sample/kobject/ file to use the
>>>> new void pointer, instead of the strcmp() call.
>>> The 3/3 of patches updates sample/kobject to use the new void pointer.
>>> Do you want it to replace strcmp() examples completly?
>> Doh, I totally missed that one, very sorry.  I'll be glad to take
>> patches 1 and 3 in my tree, if you want me to.
>
> I want them to be upstreamed, no need to say.
>
> BTW, how do you think about the second patch which provides the most
> practical feature?

I personally have no opinion on this patch, sorry.

thanks,

greg k-h
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