Re: [alsa-devel] [RFC PATCH 2/7] soundwire: add Slave sysfs support

[Pierre-Louis Bossart <pierre-louis.bossart@linux.intel.com>]

>> +static struct attribute_group sdw_slave_dev_attr_group = {
>> +	.attrs	= slave_dev_attrs,
>> +};
>> +
>> +const struct attribute_group *sdw_slave_dev_attr_groups[] = {
>> +	&sdw_slave_dev_attr_group,
>> +	NULL
>> +};
> 
> ATTRIBUTE_GROUP()?

yes.

> 
> 
>> +
>> +int sdw_sysfs_slave_init(struct sdw_slave *slave)
>> +{
>> +	struct sdw_slave_sysfs *sysfs;
>> +	unsigned int src_dpns, sink_dpns, i, j;
>> +	int err;
>> +
>> +	if (slave->sysfs) {
>> +		dev_err(&slave->dev, "SDW Slave sysfs is already initialized\n");
>> +		err = -EIO;
>> +		goto err_ret;
>> +	}
>> +
>> +	sysfs = kzalloc(sizeof(*sysfs), GFP_KERNEL);
> 
> Same question as patch 1, why a new device?

yes it's the same open. In this case, the slave devices are defined at a 
different level so it's also confusing to create a device to represent 
the slave properties. The code works but I am not sure the initial 
directions are correct.