linux-kernel - Re: sysfs/udev broken in 2.6.23-rc1 [input, i2c, ...] (Was: sysfs/udev broken in latest git?)

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Date:	Wed, 25 Jul 2007 02:19:18 +0200
From:	"Kay Sievers" <kay.sievers@...y.org>
To:	"Simon Arlott" <simon@...e.lp0.eu>
Cc:	"Cornelia Huck" <cornelia.huck@...ibm.com>,
	"Greg KH" <gregkh@...e.de>,
	"Linux Kernel Mailing List" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: sysfs/udev broken in 2.6.23-rc1 [input, i2c, ...] (Was: sysfs/udev broken in latest git?)

On 7/24/07, Simon Arlott <simon@...e.lp0.eu> wrote:
> On 24/07/07 17:34, Kay Sievers wrote:
> > On 7/24/07, Simon Arlott <simon@...e.lp0.eu> wrote:
> >> On 24/07/07 13:54, Cornelia Huck wrote:
> >> > On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 11:20:02 +0200,
> >> > "Kay Sievers" <kay.sievers@...y.org> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> It looks fine to me. "device" links must never point to anything else
> >> >> than a bus device.

While it's still true, for input we have special rules because the
"stacked class devices" existed only there. At least for
SYSFS_DEPRECATED, all input devices should have a "device" symlink
pointing to the bus-device.

> >> > Hm, but then
> >> > 1. The patch sneaks this check in (the old code only checked for
> >> >    dev->parent)
> >> > 2. The code is rather inconsistent now, since none of the other code
> >> >    paths check for dev->parent->bus...

Yeah, that's true.

> >> Removing the dev->parent->bus check fixes it:

Yes, let's remove the check, I will check now if we possibly need to
fix more than this or only the block-device patch.

Thanks,
Kay
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