Re: [PATCH v2 5/7] driver core: Add device location to "struct device" and expose it in sysfs

On Wed, Jul 1, 2020 at 10:23 PM Oliver O'Halloran wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 2, 2020 at 4:07 AM Rajat Jain wrote: > > > > *snip* > > > > > > I guess it would make sense to have an attribute for user space to > > > > write to in order to make the kernel reject device plug-in events > > > > coming

Re: [PATCH v2 5/7] driver core: Add device location to "struct device" and expose it in sysfs

On Thu, Jul 02, 2020 at 10:52:12AM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > On Thu, Jul 02, 2020 at 06:40:09PM +1000, Oliver O'Halloran wrote: > > On Thu, 2020-07-02 at 09:32 +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > > On Thu, Jul 02, 2020 at 03:23:23PM +1000, Oliver O'Halloran wrote: > > > > Yep, that's a

Re: [PATCH v2 5/7] driver core: Add device location to "struct device" and expose it in sysfs

On Thu, Jul 02, 2020 at 06:40:09PM +1000, Oliver O'Halloran wrote: > On Thu, 2020-07-02 at 09:32 +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 02, 2020 at 03:23:23PM +1000, Oliver O'Halloran wrote: > > > Yep, that's a problem. If we want to provide a useful mechanism to > > > userspace then the

Re: [PATCH v2 5/7] driver core: Add device location to "struct device" and expose it in sysfs

On Thu, 2020-07-02 at 09:32 +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > On Thu, Jul 02, 2020 at 03:23:23PM +1000, Oliver O'Halloran wrote: > > Yep, that's a problem. If we want to provide a useful mechanism to > > userspace then the default behaviour of the kernel can't undermine > > that mechanism. If

Re: [PATCH v2 5/7] driver core: Add device location to "struct device" and expose it in sysfs

On Thu, Jul 02, 2020 at 03:23:23PM +1000, Oliver O'Halloran wrote: > On Thu, Jul 2, 2020 at 4:07 AM Rajat Jain wrote: > > > > *snip* > > > > > > I guess it would make sense to have an attribute for user space to > > > > write to in order to make the kernel reject device plug-in events > > > >

Re: [PATCH v2 5/7] driver core: Add device location to "struct device" and expose it in sysfs

On Thu, Jul 2, 2020 at 4:07 AM Rajat Jain wrote: > > *snip* > > > > I guess it would make sense to have an attribute for user space to > > > write to in order to make the kernel reject device plug-in events > > > coming from a given port or connector, but the kernel has no reliable > > > means to

Re: [PATCH v2 5/7] driver core: Add device location to "struct device" and expose it in sysfs

Hello, On Tue, Jun 30, 2020 at 10:00 AM Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 30, 2020 at 06:08:31PM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 30, 2020 at 5:38 PM Greg Kroah-Hartman > > wrote: > > > > > > On Tue, Jun 30, 2020 at 03:00:34PM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > > > > On

Re: [PATCH v2 5/7] driver core: Add device location to "struct device" and expose it in sysfs

On Mon, Jun 29, 2020 at 9:49 PM Rajat Jain wrote: > > Add a new (optional) field to denote the physical location of a device > in the system, and expose it in sysfs. This was discussed here: > https://lore.kernel.org/linux-acpi/20200618184621.ga446...@kroah.com/ > > (The primary choice for

Re: [PATCH v2 5/7] driver core: Add device location to "struct device" and expose it in sysfs

On Tue, Jun 30, 2020 at 06:08:31PM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > On Tue, Jun 30, 2020 at 5:38 PM Greg Kroah-Hartman > wrote: > > > > On Tue, Jun 30, 2020 at 03:00:34PM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > > > On Tue, Jun 30, 2020 at 2:52 PM Greg Kroah-Hartman > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > On

Re: [PATCH v2 5/7] driver core: Add device location to "struct device" and expose it in sysfs

On Tue, Jun 30, 2020 at 5:38 PM Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 30, 2020 at 03:00:34PM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 30, 2020 at 2:52 PM Greg Kroah-Hartman > > wrote: > > > > > > On Tue, Jun 30, 2020 at 01:49:48PM +0300, Heikki Krogerus wrote: > > > > On Mon, Jun 29,

Re: [PATCH v2 5/7] driver core: Add device location to "struct device" and expose it in sysfs

On Tue, Jun 30, 2020 at 03:00:34PM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > On Tue, Jun 30, 2020 at 2:52 PM Greg Kroah-Hartman > wrote: > > > > On Tue, Jun 30, 2020 at 01:49:48PM +0300, Heikki Krogerus wrote: > > > On Mon, Jun 29, 2020 at 09:49:41PM -0700, Rajat Jain wrote: > > > > Add a new (optional)

Re: [PATCH v2 5/7] driver core: Add device location to "struct device" and expose it in sysfs

On Tue, Jun 30, 2020 at 2:52 PM Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 30, 2020 at 01:49:48PM +0300, Heikki Krogerus wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 29, 2020 at 09:49:41PM -0700, Rajat Jain wrote: > > > Add a new (optional) field to denote the physical location of a device > > > in the system, and

Re: [PATCH v2 5/7] driver core: Add device location to "struct device" and expose it in sysfs

On Tue, Jun 30, 2020 at 01:49:48PM +0300, Heikki Krogerus wrote: > On Mon, Jun 29, 2020 at 09:49:41PM -0700, Rajat Jain wrote: > > Add a new (optional) field to denote the physical location of a device > > in the system, and expose it in sysfs. This was discussed here: > >

Re: [PATCH v2 5/7] driver core: Add device location to "struct device" and expose it in sysfs

On Mon, Jun 29, 2020 at 09:49:41PM -0700, Rajat Jain wrote: > Add a new (optional) field to denote the physical location of a device > in the system, and expose it in sysfs. This was discussed here: > https://lore.kernel.org/linux-acpi/20200618184621.ga446...@kroah.com/ > > (The primary choice

Re: [PATCH v2 5/7] driver core: Add device location to "struct device" and expose it in sysfs

On Mon, Jun 29, 2020 at 09:49:41PM -0700, Rajat Jain wrote: > Add a new (optional) field to denote the physical location of a device > in the system, and expose it in sysfs. This was discussed here: > https://lore.kernel.org/linux-acpi/20200618184621.ga446...@kroah.com/ > > (The primary choice