linux-kernel - Re: [2.6.21 patch] unconditionally enable SYSFS

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Message-ID: <20070306033947.GQ23311@waste.org>
Date:	Mon, 5 Mar 2007 21:39:47 -0600
From:	Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>
To:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
Cc:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>, Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>,
	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	yi.zhu@...el.com, jketreno@...ux.intel.com,
	linux-wireless <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>, akpm@...l.org
Subject: Re: [2.6.21 patch] unconditionally enable SYSFS_DEPRECATED

On Mon, Mar 05, 2007 at 06:48:50PM -0800, Greg KH wrote:
> If so, can you disable the option and strace it to see what program is
> trying to access what?  That will put the
> HAL/NetworkManager/libsysfs/distro script finger pointing to rest pretty
> quickly :)

Ok, I've got straces of both good and bad (>5M each). Filtered out
random pointer values and the like, diffed, and filtered for /sys/,
and the result's still 1.5M. What should I be looking for?

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