linux-kernel - RE: question about drivers/infiniband/core/cm.c's kobject usage

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Date:	Thu, 22 May 2008 14:47:51 -0700
From:	"Sean Hefty" <sean.hefty@...el.com>
To:	"'Greg KH'" <greg@...ah.com>
Cc:	<rolandd@...co.com>, <hal.rosenstock@...il.com>,
	<general@...ts.openfabrics.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: question about drivers/infiniband/core/cm.c's kobject usage

>So I was curious, was this done on purpose?  If so, why?  If not, any
>objection to me switching it over to be using struct device properly?

It's entirely possible I have this wrong, but the intent is to export some
infiniband communication management message counters and relate them to the
corresponding ib_device/port.  For example:

/sys/class/infiniband_cm/<device name>/<port number>/<counter group>/<counter>

(E.g. /sys/class/infiniband_cm/mthca0/1/cm_tx_msgs/req)

If there's a better way to handle this, I have no objection to changing it.

- Sean

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