[PATCH 0/6] Deduplicate string exposure in sysfs

Greg Kroah-Hartman gregkh at linuxfoundation.org
Sun May 5 01:36:20 AEST 2024


On Sat, May 04, 2024 at 04:31:42PM +0200, Lukas Wunner wrote:
> Dear Greg,
> 
> On Sat, Apr 20, 2024 at 10:00:00PM +0200, Lukas Wunner wrote:
> > Introduce a generic ->show() callback to expose a string as a device
> > attribute in sysfs.  Deduplicate various identical callbacks across
> > the tree.
> > 
> > Result:  Minus 216 LoC, minus 1576 bytes vmlinux size (x86_64 allyesconfig).
> > 
> > This is a byproduct of my upcoming PCI device authentication v2 patches.
> > 
> > 
> > Lukas Wunner (6):
> >   driver core: Add device_show_string() helper for sysfs attributes
> >   hwmon: Use device_show_string() helper for sysfs attributes
> >   IB/qib: Use device_show_string() helper for sysfs attributes
> >   perf: Use device_show_string() helper for sysfs attributes
> >   platform/x86: Use device_show_string() helper for sysfs attributes
> >   scsi: Use device_show_string() helper for sysfs attributes
> 
> This series hasn't been applied to driver-core-next AFAICS and the
> merge window is drawing closer.
> 
> So far only patches 1, 2 and 5 have been ack'ed by the respective
> subsystem maintainers.  If the missing acks are the reason it hasn't
> been applied, would it be possibe to apply only 1, 2 and 5?
> 
> I would then resubmit the other ones individually to the subsystem
> maintainers in the next cycle.

I'll just pick it up now, thanks!

greg k-h


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