linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHSET] sysfs: sysfs rework, take #2

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44L0.0704281026400.29437-100000@netrider.rowland.org>
Date:	Sat, 28 Apr 2007 10:28:41 -0400 (EDT)
From:	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>
To:	Tejun Heo <htejun@...il.com>
cc:	gregkh@...e.de, <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
	<cornelia.huck@...ibm.com>, <oneukum@...e.de>, <rpurdie@...ys.net>,
	<maneesh@...ibm.com>, <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCHSET] sysfs: sysfs rework, take #2

On Sat, 28 Apr 2007, Tejun Heo wrote:

> Subject: [PATCHSET] sysfs: sysfs rework, take #2
> 
> Hello, all.
> 
> This is respin of syswork rework patchset in gregkh patch series.
> Changes are...

...

> All the known regrssions are fixed.  I think I've got all the
> attr->owner but haven't verified with cross compiling yet, just
> allyesconfig on x86-64 and i386.  I'll try to setup some cross compile
> environments tomorrow and follow up if I can find more fallouts.

What have you done about the problem of device nodes getting unregistered
while the corresponding sysfs directory is non-empty, say with child
device directories still present?

Alan Stern

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