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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/filesystems/configfs/configfs.txt')
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1 files changed, 18 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/configfs/configfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/configfs/configfs.txt index 15838d706ea2..fabcb0e00f25 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/configfs/configfs.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/configfs/configfs.txt @@ -233,12 +233,10 @@ accomplished via the group operations specified on the group's config_item_type. struct configfs_group_operations { - int (*make_item)(struct config_group *group, - const char *name, - struct config_item **new_item); - int (*make_group)(struct config_group *group, - const char *name, - struct config_group **new_group); + struct config_item *(*make_item)(struct config_group *group, + const char *name); + struct config_group *(*make_group)(struct config_group *group, + const char *name); int (*commit_item)(struct config_item *item); void (*disconnect_notify)(struct config_group *group, struct config_item *item); @@ -313,9 +311,20 @@ the subsystem must be ready for it. [An Example] The best example of these basic concepts is the simple_children -subsystem/group and the simple_child item in configfs_example.c It -shows a trivial object displaying and storing an attribute, and a simple -group creating and destroying these children. +subsystem/group and the simple_child item in configfs_example_explicit.c +and configfs_example_macros.c. It shows a trivial object displaying and +storing an attribute, and a simple group creating and destroying these +children. + +The only difference between configfs_example_explicit.c and +configfs_example_macros.c is how the attributes of the childless item +are defined. The childless item has extended attributes, each with +their own show()/store() operation. This follows a convention commonly +used in sysfs. configfs_example_explicit.c creates these attributes +by explicitly defining the structures involved. Conversely +configfs_example_macros.c uses some convenience macros from configfs.h +to define the attributes. These macros are similar to their sysfs +counterparts. [Hierarchy Navigation and the Subsystem Mutex] |