linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/5] Allow more than PAGESIZE data read in configfs

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Message-ID: <20061011221822.GD7911@ca-server1.us.oracle.com>
Date:	Wed, 11 Oct 2006 15:18:22 -0700
From:	Joel Becker <Joel.Becker@...cle.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
Cc:	Chandra Seetharaman <sekharan@...ibm.com>,
	ckrm-tech@...ts.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] Allow more than PAGESIZE data read in configfs

On Wed, Oct 11, 2006 at 01:19:35PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> The patch deletes a pile of custom code from configfs and replaces it with
> calls to standard kernel infrastructure and fixes a shortcoming/bug in the
> process.  Migration over to the new interface is trivial and almost
> scriptable.

	The configfs stuff is based on the sysfs code too.  Should we
migrate sysfs/file.c to the same seq_file code?  Serious question, if
the cleanup is considered better.

Joel

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