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[RFC,3/3] nvmem: add permission flags in nvmem_config

Message ID 1439291024-18375-1-git-send-email-srinivas.kandagatla@linaro.org
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Srinivas Kandagatla Aug. 11, 2015, 11:03 a.m. UTC
This patch adds perm variable to nvmem_config structure which will allow
providers to specify the permissions required for the sysfs binary file.
This permission is applied on top of root-only access permissions set by
the core.

Signed-off-by: Srinivas Kandagatla <srinivas.kandagatla@linaro.org>
---
 drivers/nvmem/core.c           | 1 +
 include/linux/nvmem-provider.h | 1 +
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+)

Comments

Srinivas Kandagatla Aug. 17, 2015, 12:31 p.m. UTC | #1
On 15/08/15 08:21, Stefan Wahren wrote:
> Hi Srinivas,
>
>> Srinivas Kandagatla <srinivas.kandagatla@linaro.org> hat am 11. August 2015 um
>> 13:03 geschrieben:
>>
>>
>> This patch adds perm variable to nvmem_config structure which will allow
>> providers to specify the permissions required for the sysfs binary file.
>> This permission is applied on top of root-only access permissions set by
>> the core.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Srinivas Kandagatla <srinivas.kandagatla@linaro.org>
>> ---
>> drivers/nvmem/core.c | 1 +
>> include/linux/nvmem-provider.h | 1 +
>> 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/nvmem/core.c b/drivers/nvmem/core.c
>> index 414ed23..7481387 100644
>> --- a/drivers/nvmem/core.c
>> +++ b/drivers/nvmem/core.c
>> @@ -312,6 +312,7 @@ struct nvmem_device *nvmem_register(const struct
>> nvmem_config *config)
>> config->read_only;
>> nvmem->bin = bin_attr_template;
>> nvmem->bin.attr.mode = nvmem->read_only ? : (S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR);
>> + nvmem->bin.attr.mode |= config->perm;
>> nvmem->bin.size = nvmem->size;
>> device_initialize(&nvmem->dev);
>>
>> diff --git a/include/linux/nvmem-provider.h b/include/linux/nvmem-provider.h
>> index 0b68caf..de9a61f 100644
>> --- a/include/linux/nvmem-provider.h
>> +++ b/include/linux/nvmem-provider.h
>> @@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ struct nvmem_config {
>> const struct nvmem_cell_info *cells;
>> int ncells;
>> bool read_only;
>> + u16 perm; /* visibility in sysfs */
>
> how about "umode_t mode" or "umode_t sysfs_mode"?
>
Yep, "umode_t mode" sounds much better.
I will use it that.

--srini
> Beside that the whole series looks good to me.
>
> Thanks Stefan
>
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diff --git a/drivers/nvmem/core.c b/drivers/nvmem/core.c
index 414ed23..7481387 100644
--- a/drivers/nvmem/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvmem/core.c
@@ -312,6 +312,7 @@  struct nvmem_device *nvmem_register(const struct nvmem_config *config)
 			   config->read_only;
 	nvmem->bin = bin_attr_template;
 	nvmem->bin.attr.mode = nvmem->read_only ? : (S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR);
+	nvmem->bin.attr.mode |= config->perm;
 	nvmem->bin.size = nvmem->size;
 	device_initialize(&nvmem->dev);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/nvmem-provider.h b/include/linux/nvmem-provider.h
index 0b68caf..de9a61f 100644
--- a/include/linux/nvmem-provider.h
+++ b/include/linux/nvmem-provider.h
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@  struct nvmem_config {
 	const struct nvmem_cell_info	*cells;
 	int			ncells;
 	bool			read_only;
+	u16			perm; /* visibility in sysfs */
 };
 
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NVMEM)