linux-kernel - Re: [ckrm-tech] [PATCH 0/5] Allow more than PAGESIZE data read in configfs

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Date:	Fri, 13 Oct 2006 16:38:04 -0700
From:	Matt Helsley <matthltc@...ibm.com>
To:	Paul Jackson <pj@....com>
Cc:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>, sekharan@...ibm.com, menage@...gle.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, ckrm-tech@...ts.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [ckrm-tech] [PATCH 0/5] Allow more than PAGESIZE data read in
	configfs

On Thu, 2006-10-12 at 17:16 -0700, Paul Jackson wrote:

<snip>

> For those of us whose brains don't hold so many details at once,
> creating a new file system can seem a bit daunting.  And for those
> of us not skilled in the art, it is more likely to end up being
> 300 lines of code, presenting several good provocations for a Hellwig
> or a Viro to curse in the general direction of their monitors.

Definitely.

> Instead of trying to hijack configfs to purposes ill suited for it,
> I wonder if there isn't someway to lower the hurdles that us mere
> mortals must leap to creating additional filesystems.

	Again, I don't think using configfs to define groups of tasks is
ill-suited to the purpose of configfs. I think we're confusing the
limitations of the implementation with the purpose for having configfs
in addition to sysfs.

Cheers,
	-Matt Helsley

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