Is there any way to add an attribute under sysfs at the “platform” level?

Greg KH greg at kroah.com
Mon Jun 19 11:25:39 EDT 2017


On Mon, Jun 19, 2017 at 06:09:28PM +0300, Roman Storozhenko wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 19, 2017 at 08:55:22AM +0800, Greg KH wrote:
> > On Sun, Jun 18, 2017 at 05:38:36PM +0300, Roman Storozhenko wrote:
> > > Hello everybody!
> > > 
> > > I am trying to modify "pcspkr" driver undere linux kernel source tree. I added a new line there:
> > > 
> > > sample_id_dir = kobject_create_and_add("devices/platform/pcspkr/sample", NULL);
> > 
> > Ick, really?  What are you trying to do with "raw" kobjects?
> 
> I am trying to add "read/write" attribute under
> "devices/platform/pcspkr". Just for educational purposes. Didn't find another way to do it.

Using a kobject is not how to do that at all, attributes need to be
added to the structure that owns the directory.  kobjects are a
directory themselves.

good luck!

greg k-h



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