On Wed, Jun 10, 2026 at 05:38:38PM +0300, Svyatoslav Ryhel wrote:
> вт, 9 черв. 2026 р. о 22:14 Andy Shevchenko <[email protected]>
> пише:
> > On Sat, Jun 06, 2026 at 07:57:31AM +0300, Svyatoslav Ryhel wrote:
> > > Switch from sysfs_create_group() to device_add_group() including device
> > > managed where appropriate.
> >
> > This should use .dev_groups member of struct device_driver.
>
> Specify pls, device_add_group literally uses dev_groups, I don't
> understand what is wrong.
dev_groups of the struct device_driver. It means that the data should be
static and be available before driver probe is called.
...
> > > + ret = devm_device_add_group(&bd->dev, &lm3533_bl_attribute_group);
> >
> > This will make Greg KH very grumpy. (For the record, original code as well
> > but it already is in upstream. So, thanks for trying to address this, just
> > needs a bit more of work.)
>
> In the prev iteration YOU asked to me to adjust this. I have adjusted
> and now you say that this is not appropriate. I will just drop this
> commit altogether.
Yes, and I still tell that this is the way to fix that issue.
You can even do it yourself in a few clicks (hint: `git log --grep` is the tool
of the day): 93afe8ba9b01 ("ACPI: TAD: Use dev_groups in struct device_driver").
This is an example of what I meant.
> > > + if (ret < 0)
> > > + return dev_err_probe(&pdev->dev, ret,
> > > + "failed to create sysfs attributes\n");
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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko
