[PATCH] configfs: Convenience macros for attribute definition.

Sysfs has the _ATTR() and _ATTR_RO() macros to make defining extended
form attributes easier.  configfs should have something similiar.

- _CONFIGFS_ATTR() and _CONFIGFS_ATTR_RO() are the counterparts to the
  sysfs macros.
- CONFIGFS_ATTR_STRUCT() creates the extended form attribute structure.
- CONFIGFS_ATTR_OPS() defines the show_attribute()/store_attribute()
  operations that call the show()/store() operations of the extended
  form configfs_attributes.
Signed-off-by: Joel Becker <joel.becker@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Mark Fasheh <mfasheh@suse.com>

Documentation/filesystems/configfs/configfs.txt

@@ -311,9 +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]
 

Documentation/filesystems/configfs/configfs_example.c → Documentation/filesystems/configfs/configfs_example_explicit.c

 /*
  * vim: noexpandtab ts=8 sts=0 sw=8:
  *
- * configfs_example.c - This file is a demonstration module containing
- *      a number of configfs subsystems.
+ * configfs_example_explicit.c - This file is a demonstration module
+ *      containing a number of configfs subsystems.  It explicitly defines
+ *      each structure without using the helper macros defined in
+ *      configfs.h.
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
  * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public
@@ -281,7 +283,6 @@ static struct config_item *simple_children_make_item(struct config_group *group,
 	if (!simple_child)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
-
 	config_item_init_type_name(&simple_child->item, name,
 				   &simple_child_type);
 
@@ -368,7 +369,6 @@ static struct config_group *group_children_make_group(struct config_group *group
 	if (!simple_children)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
-
 	config_group_init_type_name(&simple_children->group, name,
 				    &simple_children_type);
 

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