linux-toradex.git/samples/kobject, branch v7.0-rc6 Linux kernel for Apalis and Colibri modules samples/kobject: constify 'struct foo_attribute' 2025-11-26T14:16:35+00:00 Thomas Weißschuh linux@weissschuh.net 2025-10-29T08:12:15+00:00 2d76fdc1c91a95c23cd3e47a4fd4315f1633019b Showcase and test the new 'struct attribute' constification facilities. Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@weissschuh.net> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251029-sysfs-const-attr-prep-v5-6-ea7d745acff4@weissschuh.net Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> 
Showcase and test the new 'struct attribute' constification facilities.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@weissschuh.net>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251029-sysfs-const-attr-prep-v5-6-ea7d745acff4@weissschuh.net
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
samples/kobject: add is_visible() callback to attribute group 2025-11-26T14:16:35+00:00 Thomas Weißschuh linux@weissschuh.net 2025-10-29T08:12:14+00:00 c301a2e2d78c2c20d466c7e38568406471ede17d There was no example for the is_visible() callback so far. It will also become an example and test for the constification of 'struct attribute' later. Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@weissschuh.net> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251029-sysfs-const-attr-prep-v5-5-ea7d745acff4@weissschuh.net Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> 
There was no example for the is_visible() callback so far.

It will also become an example and test for the constification of
'struct attribute' later.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@weissschuh.net>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251029-sysfs-const-attr-prep-v5-5-ea7d745acff4@weissschuh.net
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
samples/kobject: make attribute_group const 2025-07-16T11:32:53+00:00 Meng Shao Liu sau525@gmail.com 2025-07-16T06:46:29+00:00 f751fe2a2acbe8cc20da35f118f589ac3b316b78 The attr_group structures are allocated once and never modified at runtime. Also to match the const‑qualified parameter of sysfs_create_group(). Signed-off-by: Meng Shao Liu <sau525@gmail.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/dc94227eaf337a2b92ab77dffa0da9f7f1f84c4e.1752646650.git.sau525@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> 
The attr_group structures are allocated once and never modified at
runtime.  Also to match the const‑qualified parameter of
sysfs_create_group().

Signed-off-by: Meng Shao Liu <sau525@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/dc94227eaf337a2b92ab77dffa0da9f7f1f84c4e.1752646650.git.sau525@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
samples/kobject: fix path comment 2025-07-16T11:32:53+00:00 Meng Shao Liu sau525@gmail.com 2025-07-16T06:46:28+00:00 42573e4df8e2318fce6a711e0f9cafc9e3dc1483 The introductory comment still says the example creates /sys/kernel/kobject-example, but the code actually creates /sys/kernel/kobject_example. Update both comments to reflect the actual sysfs paths. Also, fix "tree"->"three" typo in kset-example.c. Signed-off-by: Meng Shao Liu <sau525@gmail.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/5be61d284a1850f573658f1c105f0b6062e41332.1752646650.git.sau525@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> 
The introductory comment still says the example creates
/sys/kernel/kobject-example, but the code actually creates
/sys/kernel/kobject_example.

Update both comments to reflect the actual sysfs paths. Also,
fix "tree"->"three" typo in kset-example.c.

Signed-off-by: Meng Shao Liu <sau525@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/5be61d284a1850f573658f1c105f0b6062e41332.1752646650.git.sau525@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
samples/kobject: add missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() macros 2024-06-04T16:04:28+00:00 Jeff Johnson quic_jjohnson@quicinc.com 2024-06-02T01:18:48+00:00 161364bdcfc4386652f26857c357982a6f517fd2 make allmodconfig && make W=1 C=1 reports: WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in samples/kobject/kobject-example.o WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in samples/kobject/kset-example.o Add the missing invocations of the MODULE_DESCRIPTION() macro. Signed-off-by: Jeff Johnson <quic_jjohnson@quicinc.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240601-md-samples-kobject-v1-1-f63b215d50cb@quicinc.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> 
make allmodconfig && make W=1 C=1 reports:
WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in samples/kobject/kobject-example.o
WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in samples/kobject/kset-example.o

Add the missing invocations of the MODULE_DESCRIPTION() macro.

Signed-off-by: Jeff Johnson <quic_jjohnson@quicinc.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240601-md-samples-kobject-v1-1-f63b215d50cb@quicinc.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
samples/kobject: make kobj_type structure constant 2023-02-08T12:34:41+00:00 Thomas Weißschuh linux@weissschuh.net 2023-02-08T03:54:51+00:00 862f6a84d1bf01435fdd6aa8b2811c88ab1f06f4 Since commit ee6d3dd4ed48 ("driver core: make kobj_type constant.") the driver core allows the usage of const struct kobj_type. Take advantage of this to constify the structure definition to prevent modification at runtime. Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@weissschuh.net> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230208-kobj_type-samples-v1-1-fca804a8e9f3@weissschuh.net Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> 
Since commit ee6d3dd4ed48 ("driver core: make kobj_type constant.")
the driver core allows the usage of const struct kobj_type.

Take advantage of this to constify the structure definition to prevent
modification at runtime.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@weissschuh.net>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230208-kobj_type-samples-v1-1-fca804a8e9f3@weissschuh.net
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
samples/kobject: Use sysfs_emit instead of sprintf 2022-03-18T13:28:29+00:00 Nguyen Dinh Phi phind.uet@gmail.com 2022-03-03T18:36:18+00:00 5a242d8547bdc5802d1e1200a85e69afc3c2d74e sysfs_emit() is preferred over sprintf() when formatting the value to be returned to user space in show() functions, because it knows about sysfs buffer specifics and has sanity checks. Signed-off-by: Nguyen Dinh Phi <phind.uet@gmail.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220303183618.1342358-1-phind.uet@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> 
sysfs_emit() is preferred over sprintf() when formatting the value to be
returned to user space in show() functions, because it knows about sysfs
buffer specifics and has sanity checks.

Signed-off-by: Nguyen Dinh Phi <phind.uet@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220303183618.1342358-1-phind.uet@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
treewide: Add SPDX license identifier - Makefile/Kconfig 2019-05-21T08:50:46+00:00 Thomas Gleixner tglx@linutronix.de 2019-05-19T12:07:45+00:00 ec8f24b7faaf3d4799a7c3f4c1b87f6b02778ad1 Add SPDX license identifiers to all Make/Kconfig files which: - Have no license information of any form These files fall under the project license, GPL v2 only. The resulting SPDX license identifier is: GPL-2.0-only Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> 
Add SPDX license identifiers to all Make/Kconfig files which:

 - Have no license information of any form

These files fall under the project license, GPL v2 only. The resulting SPDX
license identifier is:

  GPL-2.0-only

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
samples/kobject: Replace foo_ktype's default_attrs field with groups 2019-04-25T20:06:10+00:00 Kimberly Brown kimbrownkd@gmail.com 2019-04-02T02:51:24+00:00 c484a6783d2b800ebbb110b28b0d96444f8b81ca The kobj_type default_attrs field is being replaced by the default_groups field. Replace foo_ktype's default_attrs field with default_groups and use the ATTRIBUTE_GROUPS macro to create foo_default_groups. This patch was tested by loading the kset-example module and verifying that the sysfs files for the attributes in the default group were created. Signed-off-by: Kimberly Brown <kimbrownkd@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> 
The kobj_type default_attrs field is being replaced by the
default_groups field. Replace foo_ktype's default_attrs field with
default_groups and use the ATTRIBUTE_GROUPS macro to create
foo_default_groups.

This patch was tested by loading the kset-example module and verifying
that the sysfs files for the attributes in the default group were
created.

Signed-off-by: Kimberly Brown <kimbrownkd@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
kobject: Remove redundant license text 2017-12-07T17:36:43+00:00 Greg Kroah-Hartman gregkh@linuxfoundation.org 2017-11-07T16:30:06+00:00 045c5f75b77177ad19fe747e33aae2249a12e827 Now that the SPDX tag is in all kobject files, that identifies the license in a specific and legally-defined manner. So the extra GPL text wording can be removed as it is no longer needed at all. This is done on a quest to remove the 700+ different ways that files in the kernel describe the GPL license text. And there's unneeded stuff like the address (sometimes incorrect) for the FSF which is never needed. No copyright headers or other non-license-description text was removed. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> 
Now that the SPDX tag is in all kobject files, that identifies the
license in a specific and legally-defined manner.  So the extra GPL text
wording can be removed as it is no longer needed at all.

This is done on a quest to remove the 700+ different ways that files in
the kernel describe the GPL license text.  And there's unneeded stuff
like the address (sometimes incorrect) for the FSF which is never
needed.

No copyright headers or other non-license-description text was removed.

Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>