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-rw-r--r--include/linux/configfs.h67
1 files changed, 65 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/configfs.h b/include/linux/configfs.h
index 0a5491b..7f62777 100644
--- a/include/linux/configfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/configfs.h
@@ -130,8 +130,25 @@ struct configfs_attribute {
/*
* Users often need to create attribute structures for their configurable
* attributes, containing a configfs_attribute member and function pointers
- * for the show() and store() operations on that attribute. They can use
- * this macro (similar to sysfs' __ATTR) to make defining attributes easier.
+ * for the show() and store() operations on that attribute. If they don't
+ * need anything else on the extended attribute structure, they can use
+ * this macro to define it The argument _item is the name of the
+ * config_item structure.
+ */
+#define CONFIGFS_ATTR_STRUCT(_item) \
+struct _item##_attribute { \
+ struct configfs_attribute attr; \
+ ssize_t (*show)(struct _item *, char *); \
+ ssize_t (*store)(struct _item *, const char *, size_t); \
+}
+
+/*
+ * With the extended attribute structure, users can use this macro
+ * (similar to sysfs' __ATTR) to make defining attributes easier.
+ * An example:
+ * #define MYITEM_ATTR(_name, _mode, _show, _store) \
+ * struct myitem_attribute childless_attr_##_name = \
+ * __CONFIGFS_ATTR(_name, _mode, _show, _store)
*/
#define __CONFIGFS_ATTR(_name, _mode, _show, _store) \
{ \
@@ -143,6 +160,52 @@ struct configfs_attribute {
.show = _show, \
.store = _store, \
}
+/* Here is a readonly version, only requiring a show() operation */
+#define __CONFIGFS_ATTR_RO(_name, _show) \
+{ \
+ .attr = { \
+ .ca_name = __stringify(_name), \
+ .ca_mode = 0444, \
+ .ca_owner = THIS_MODULE, \
+ }, \
+ .show = _show, \
+}
+
+/*
+ * With these extended attributes, the simple show_attribute() and
+ * store_attribute() operations need to call the show() and store() of the
+ * attributes. This is a common pattern, so we provide a macro to define
+ * them. The argument _item is the name of the config_item structure.
+ * This macro expects the attributes to be named "struct <name>_attribute"
+ * and the function to_<name>() to exist;
+ */
+#define CONFIGFS_ATTR_OPS(_item) \
+static ssize_t _item##_attr_show(struct config_item *item, \
+ struct configfs_attribute *attr, \
+ char *page) \
+{ \
+ struct _item *_item = to_##_item(item); \
+ struct _item##_attribute *_item##_attr = \
+ container_of(attr, struct _item##_attribute, attr); \
+ ssize_t ret = 0; \
+ \
+ if (_item##_attr->show) \
+ ret = _item##_attr->show(_item, page); \
+ return ret; \
+} \
+static ssize_t _item##_attr_store(struct config_item *item, \
+ struct configfs_attribute *attr, \
+ const char *page, size_t count) \
+{ \
+ struct _item *_item = to_##_item(item); \
+ struct _item##_attribute *_item##_attr = \
+ container_of(attr, struct _item##_attribute, attr); \
+ ssize_t ret = -EINVAL; \
+ \
+ if (_item##_attr->store) \
+ ret = _item##_attr->store(_item, page, count); \
+ return ret; \
+}
/*
* If allow_link() exists, the item can symlink(2) out to other
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