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

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Message-Id: <1160609233.6389.82.camel@linuxchandra>
Date:	Wed, 11 Oct 2006 16:27:13 -0700
From:	Chandra Seetharaman <sekharan@...ibm.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
Cc:	Joel Becker <Joel.Becker@...cle.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, 2006-10-11 at 15:48 -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Oct 2006 15:18:22 -0700
> Joel Becker <Joel.Becker@...cle.com> wrote:
> 
> > 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.
> > 
> 
> I don't see why not.  I don't know if anyone has though of/proposed it
> before.

I can generate a patch for that too.

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