linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH RFC] debugfs: rename, export, and use default_open() as debugfs_default

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Date:	Wed, 21 Mar 2012 11:15:57 -0500
From:	H Hartley Sweeten <hartleys@...ionengravers.com>
To:	Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...eaurora.org>
CC:	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH RFC] debugfs: rename, export, and use default_open() as
 debugfs_default_open()

On Wednesday, March 21, 2012 12:34 AM, Stephen Boyd wrote:
> On 3/20/2012 3:47 PM, H Hartley Sweeten wrote:
>> Rename default_open() in fs/debugfs/file.c to debugfs_default_open()
>> and export it for use by the many debugfs open() methods that simply
>> do:
>>
>> static int foo_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
>> {
>> 	file->private_data = inode->i_private;
>> 	return 0;
>> }
>>
>> Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@...ionengravers.com>
>>
>> ---
>>
>
> I sent a patch to introduce simple_open() which is this function ripped
> from debugfs code. I also sent a patch to fixup all the callers
>  (including the non-debugfs ones). Seems like we arrived at the same
> thing. Andrew has picked it up and it is in -mm.

Thanks for the info. I had not seen your patch.

Regards,
Hartley