[PATCH v5 3/6] powerpc/fadump: reorganize /sys/kernel/fadump_* sysfs files

Sourabh Jain sourabhjain at linux.ibm.com
Tue Dec 10 12:42:34 AEDT 2019



On 12/9/19 1:40 PM, Greg KH wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 09, 2019 at 10:28:23AM +0530, Sourabh Jain wrote:
>> +#define CREATE_SYMLINK(target, symlink_name) do {\
>> +	rc = compat_only_sysfs_link_entry_to_kobj(kernel_kobj, fadump_kobj, \
>> +						  target, symlink_name); \
>> +	if (rc) \
>> +		pr_err("unable to create %s symlink (%d)", symlink_name, rc); \
>> +} while (0)
> 
> 
> No need for a macro, just spell it all out.  And properly clean up if an
> error happens, you are just printing it out and moving on, which is
> probably NOT what you want to do, right?

Yeah actually there is no point in keeping the fadump_enabled symlink if fadump_registered
symlink creation fails.

And it is even better to unregister the FADump if fadump_group creation fails.

> 
>> +static struct attribute_group fadump_group = {
>> +	.attrs = fadump_attrs,
>> +};
> 
> ATTRIBUTE_GROUPS()?

Thanks, I will use this macro.

-Sourabh Jain





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