[dm-devel] Re: [PATCH 1/3] sysfs representation of stacked devices (common) (rev.2)

[Greg KH <gregkh suse de>]

On Wed, Feb 22, 2006 at 11:13:00AM -0500, Jun'ichi Nomura wrote:
> +/* This is a mere directory in sysfs. No methods are needed. */
> +static struct kobj_type bd_holder_ktype = {
> +	.release	= NULL,
> +	.sysfs_ops	= NULL,
> +	.default_attrs	= NULL,
> +};

That doesn't look right.  You always need a release function.

> +static inline void add_holder_dir(struct block_device *bdev)
> +{
> +	struct kobject *kobj = &bdev->bd_holder_dir;
> +
> +	kobj->ktype = &bd_holder_ktype;
> +	kobject_set_name(kobj, "holders");
> +	kobj->parent = bdev_get_kobj(bdev);
> +	kobject_init(kobj);
> +	kobject_add(kobj);
> +	kobject_put(kobj->parent);
> +}
> +
> +static inline void del_holder_dir(struct block_device *bdev)
> +{
> +	/*
> +	 * Don't kobject_unregister to avoid memory allocation
> +	 * in kobject_hotplug.
> +	 */
> +	kobject_del(&bdev->bd_holder_dir);
> +	kobject_put(&bdev->bd_holder_dir);
> +}

No, do it correctly please.

thanks,

greg k-h