From: Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de>
To: Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Export device_add_attributes() so drivers can use it.
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 07:29:13 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090218152913.GA26448@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20090218151132.476.81706.stgit@localhost.localdomain>
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 08:11:34AM -0700, Grant Likely wrote:
> From: Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca>
>
> I find myself using the pattern of device_add_attributes() and
> device_remove_attributes() frequently in my drivers. Rather than
> reinventing the wheel every time, I'm floating this patch to export
> the symbols to see how it is received. If this looks okay then I'll
> rework my drivers and post additional patches to use these functions.
No objection from me, as long as the symbols are EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(),
like the rest of the driver core. Is that ok with you?
thanks,
greg k-h
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-02-18 15:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-02-18 15:11 Grant Likely
2009-02-18 15:29 ` Greg KH [this message]
2009-02-18 15:45 ` Kay Sievers
2009-02-18 15:48 ` Grant Likely
2009-02-18 15:53 ` Kay Sievers
2009-02-18 16:34 ` Grant Likely
2009-02-18 16:49 ` Kay Sievers
2009-02-18 17:51 ` Grant Likely
2009-02-18 18:32 ` Kay Sievers
2009-02-18 18:39 ` Greg KH
2009-02-18 19:14 ` Kay Sievers
2009-02-19 6:50 ` Grant Likely
2009-02-19 23:08 ` Kay Sievers
2009-02-20 15:28 ` Grant Likely
2009-02-20 18:35 ` Greg KH
2009-02-26 22:28 ` Kay Sievers
2009-02-26 23:52 ` Grant Likely
2009-02-18 15:46 ` Grant Likely
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