Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] nvmem: core: use is_bin_visible for permissions

[Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Wed, Mar 25, 2020 at 10:40:10AM +0000, Srinivas Kandagatla wrote:
> 
> 
> On 25/03/2020 10:21, Greg KH wrote:
> > > -
> > >   const struct attribute_group **nvmem_sysfs_get_groups(
> > >   					struct nvmem_device *nvmem,
> > >   					const struct nvmem_config *config)
> > You no longer need any parameters for this function, right?
> no we do not need that, I can update that in next version.

Ok.

> > Also, you really don't even need the function, just point to the
> > variable instead.
> We have a use case where in the user can chose to not have sysfs entry,
> specially if we have hypervisor trapping access to some range of entries in
> nvmem. This is enforced using CONFIG_NVMEM_SYSFS option.
> 
> Currently in upstream we have a stub function when CONFIG_NVMEM_SYSFS is not
> selected returning NULL.
> 
> If we want to remove this function and subsequently the nvmem-sysfs.c file
> then we have to have #ifdef in the code which am okay to do if that is
> something that you are keen on.

You can still do it in the .h file, defining the variable as NULL if
that config option is not enabled.

thanks,

greg k-h