linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH debugfs: implement symbolic links

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Message-ID: <OF3AFCA38F.FEB02E68-ONC1257282.002B8139-C1257282.002C41B5@de.ibm.com>
Date:	Wed, 14 Feb 2007 09:03:24 +0100
From:	Peter 1 Oberparleiter <Peter.Oberparleiter@...ibm.com>
To:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
Cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH debugfs: implement symbolic links

Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de> wrote on 14.02.2007 02:27:32:
> On Tue, Feb 13, 2007 at 12:13:54PM +0100, Peter Oberparleiter wrote:
> > This function can be useful
> > for people moving functionality from /proc to debugfs (e.g. the
> > gcov-kernel patch).
> 
> You aren't really creating debugfs symlinks from /sys/kernel/debug/ to
> the /proc directory are you?  That's pretty insane...

Interesting idea :) But I was thinking more along the lines of replacing
existing /proc files and symlinks with files and links in debugfs.

> Otherwise I have no objection to this, I'll add it to my queue...

Great, thanks!


Regards,
  Peter Oberparleiter
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