On Sun, Feb 04, 2018 at 01:09:09PM +0000, Stanislav Nijnikov wrote:
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Greg KH [mailto:gre...@linuxfoundation.org]
> > Sent: Sunday, February 4, 2018 2:34 PM
> > To: Stanislav Nijnikov <stanislav.nijni...@wdc.com>
> > Cc: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org; linux-ker...@vger.kernel.org;
> > jaeg...@kernel.org; Alex Lemberg <alex.lemb...@wdc.com>
> > Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 01/10] ufs: sysfs: attribute group for existing sysfs
> > entries.
> > 
> > On Sun, Feb 04, 2018 at 12:29:06PM +0000, Stanislav Nijnikov wrote:
> > > > > +     curr_len += snprintf((buf + curr_len), (PAGE_SIZE - curr_len),
> > > > > +                          "\nAll available Runtime PM levels 
> > > > > info:\n");
> > > > > +     for (lvl = UFS_PM_LVL_0; lvl < UFS_PM_LVL_MAX; lvl++)
> > > > > +             curr_len += snprintf((buf + curr_len), (PAGE_SIZE - 
> > > > > curr_len),
> > > > > +                                  "\tRuntime PM level [%d] => 
> > > > > dev_state
> > > > [%s] link_state [%s]\n",
> > > > > +                                 lvl,
> > > > > +                                 ufschd_ufs_dev_pwr_mode_to_string(
> > > > > +                                     
> > > > > ufs_pm_lvl_states[lvl].dev_state),
> > > > > +                                 ufschd_uic_link_state_to_string(
> > > > > +                                     
> > > > > ufs_pm_lvl_states[lvl].link_state));
> > > > > +
> > > >
> > > > sysfs if "one value per file", not "random text that someone has to
> > > > parse per file" please.
> > > >
> > > > Huge hint, if you ever care about checking the size of the sysfs
> > > > buffer you are writing into, you are doing something really really 
> > > > wrong.
> > > >
> > > Hi Greg
> > > It's the existing code, added by:
> > > commit 09690d5a6ae1b7e4cb5ac429c311b99d09352c12
> > > Author: subha...@codeaurora.org <subha...@codeaurora.org>
> > > Date:   Thu Dec 22 18:41:00 2016 -0800
> > >
> > >     scsi: ufs: provide sysfs attribute to select the PM level
> > >
> > >     This patch provides the sysfs attribute to choose the power management
> > >     level for UFS runtime and system suspend.
> > >
> > >     Reviewed-by: Sujit Reddy Thumma <sthu...@codeaurora.org>
> > >     Signed-off-by: Subhash Jadavani <subha...@codeaurora.org>
> > >     Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.peter...@oracle.com>
> > >
> > > I just moved it to an another file and changed the sysfs entries
> > > creation by Jaegeuk Kim' request. At the moment the entry shows the PM
> > > level, the device state, the link state and all possible PM levels. Do you
> > want me to change it?
> > 
> > Ah, you are just moving this code around.  Ok, that's fine for this patch, 
> > but
> > please fix it up as part of this patch series because this isn't an 
> > acceptable
> > sysfs file at all.  If it were documented that would be a lot more obvious 
> > as to
> > just how wrong it was :(
> > 
> > And, as it wasn't documented, you can change it as it's obvious no one used 
> > it
> > :)
> > 
> > thanks,
> > 
> > greg k-h
>  
> Can I fix these entries not in this patchset? As long as I know they are used 
> and I
> would prefer that change of the existing sysfs entries behavior be related to 
> a
> separate patch.

Ok, but it's nice to at least hope that someone will fix it up soon :)

thanks,

greg k-h

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