linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 13/13] sysfs: Factor out sysfs_rename from sysfs_rename_dir and sysfs_move

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Date:	Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:23:50 -0800
From:	ebiederm@...ssion.com (Eric W. Biederman)
To:	"Serge E. Hallyn" <serue@...ibm.com>
Cc:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>,
	Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org>, Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
	Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@...ibm.com>,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
	Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@...et.ca>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...stanetworks.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 13/13] sysfs: Factor out sysfs_rename from sysfs_rename_dir and sysfs_move_dir

"Serge E. Hallyn" <serue@...ibm.com> writes:

> Quoting Eric W. Biederman (ebiederm@...ssion.com):
>> From: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
>> 
>> These two functions do 90% of the same work and it doesn't significantly
>> obfuscate the function to allow both the parent dir and the name to change
>> at the same time.  So merge them together to simplify maintenance, and
>> increase testing.
>> 
>> Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
>> Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@...stanetworks.com>
>
> Based on just this patchset it seems sysfs_rename() could be static,
> but since it isn't static I assume your later patchset will use it
> outside fs/sysfs/dir.c?

To implement sysfs_rename_link, but that is too much to digest/review/push
all at once.

I have a snapshot of my development tree up on kernel.org if you are
interested.

Eric
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