linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -mm] x86 boot : export boot

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Date:	Tue, 11 Dec 2007 22:55:24 -0800
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	Dave Young <hidave.darkstar@...il.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@...el.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH -mm] x86 boot : export boot_params via sysfs

On Wed, Dec 12, 2007 at 12:42:48PM +0800, Dave Young wrote:
> On Dec 12, 2007 10:40 AM, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
> > On Tue, 11 Dec 2007 16:49:09 +0000 "Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@...el.com> wrote:
> >
> > > This patch export the boot parameters via sysfs. This can be used for
> > > debugging and kexec.
> > >
> > > The files added are as follow:
> > >
> > > /sys/kernel/boot_params/data  : binary file for struct boot_params
> > > /sys/kernel/boot_params/version       : boot protocol version
> >
> > Your patch uses kobject_create_and_register() which was added in Greg's
> > driver tree as of 2.6.24-rc4-mm1.
> >
> > However for some reason kobject_create_and_register() has magically vanished
> > from Greg's current driver tree so I cannot carry this patch, sorry.
> 
> Seems kobject_create_and_register would be replaced by
> kobject_create_and_add, and the uevent handling would be separated
> from original create_and_register onefunction.

Yes, that is what has now changed.

> wait for greg's patches or modify to use:
> 
> kobject_init
> kobject_add
> kobject_uevent
> 
> BTW, I suspect whether the uevent is really needed for boot_params object.

Actually, for something as trivial as this, just use the
kobject_create_and_add() and don't worry about the uevent.  It should be
pretty trivial.

thanks,

greg k-h
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