linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] loop: add some basic read-only sysfs attributes

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Date:	Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:47:21 +0200
From:	Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org>
To:	Milan Broz <mbroz@...hat.com>
Cc:	util-linux-ng@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kzak@...hat.com, axboe@...nel.dk
Subject: Re: [PATCH] loop: add some basic read-only sysfs attributes

On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 15:33, Milan Broz <mbroz@...hat.com> wrote:
> Create /sys/block/loopX/loop directory and provide these attributes:
>  - backing_file
>  - autoclear
>  - offset
>  - sizelimit
>
> To be used in util-linux-ng (and possibly elsewhere like udev rules)
> where code need to get loop attributes from kernel (and not store
> duplicate info in userspace).

Isn't it that the loop attributes are created _after_ the loopdev is
registered? That would make it hard to use these attributes from udev,
as the event is already running while they are created.

Kay
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