linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 43/62] sysfs: Only take active references on attributes.

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Date:	Wed, 03 Mar 2010 10:36:16 +0900
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 43/62] sysfs: Only take active references on attributes.

On 03/03/2010 08:28 AM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> From: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
> 
> If we exclude directories and symlinks from the set of sysfs
> dirents where we need active references we are left with
> sysfs attributes (binary or not).
> 
> - Tweak sysfs_deactivate to only do something on attributes
> - Move lockdep initialization into sysfs_file_add_mode to
>   limit it to just attributes.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
> Acked-by: WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
> Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>

Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>

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tejun
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