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| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/sysfs.h | 20 |
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/sysfs.h b/include/linux/sysfs.h index 006c359e63c..5b8f80f5aca 100644 --- a/include/linux/sysfs.h +++ b/include/linux/sysfs.h @@ -36,6 +36,16 @@ struct attribute { #endif }; +/** + * sysfs_attr_init - initialize a dynamically allocated sysfs attribute + * @attr: struct attribute to initialize + * + * Initialize a dynamically allocated struct attribute so we can + * make lockdep happy. This is a new requirement for attributes + * and initially this is only needed when lockdep is enabled. + * Lockdep gives a nice error when your attribute is added to + * sysfs if you don't have this. + */ #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC #define sysfs_attr_init(attr) \ do { \ @@ -90,6 +100,16 @@ struct bin_attribute { struct vm_area_struct *vma); }; +/** + * sysfs_bin_attr_init - initialize a dynamically allocated bin_attribute + * @attr: struct bin_attribute to initialize + * + * Initialize a dynamically allocated struct bin_attribute so we + * can make lockdep happy. This is a new requirement for + * attributes and initially this is only needed when lockdep is + * enabled. Lockdep gives a nice error when your attribute is + * added to sysfs if you don't have this. + */ #define sysfs_bin_attr_init(bin_attr) sysfs_attr_init(&bin_attr->attr) struct sysfs_ops { |