[PATCH 1/3] mtd: spi-nor: Export SFDP access to sysfs
Michael Walle
michael at walle.cc
Wed Apr 28 16:51:01 BST 2021
Am 2021-04-28 17:37, schrieb Alexander Williams:
> On Wed, Apr 28, 2021 at 12:58 AM Michael Walle <michael at walle.cc>
> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Alexander,
>>
>> Am 2021-04-28 07:27, schrieb Alexander Williams:
>> > Add the ability to specify a technology-specific attribute_group, and
>> > expose the SFDP through spi-nor's private group. This enables user
>> > space
>> > to have full access to the contents of the SFDP, so all information is
>> > available without regard for whether the kernel supports parsing it.
>>
>> Please see:
>> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mtd/20210318092406.5340-1-michael@walle.cc/
>
> Thanks for the pointer! Sorry I didn't see that patch series already:
> My search
> skills need some work... In any case, there's no good reason for me to
> duplicate
> work.
>
> I should probably comment on that series directly, but I'll note that
> one thing
> I tried to do with the sysfs attributes here was avoid racing with user
> space.
> The uevent is suppressed until all the related files are created in
> sysfs. See
> http://kroah.com/log/blog/2013/06/26/how-to-create-a-sysfs-file-correctly/
> for
> Greg's explanation of a scenario.
Sure, reviews and remarks are always welcome. Btw. what is patch 2/3 and
3/3?
I couldn't find it on the LKML.
-michael
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