linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] [-mm] FS: file name must be unique in the same dir in procfs

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Date:	Mon, 20 Aug 2007 23:50:05 +0800
From:	Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@...el.com>
To:	Oliver Neukum <oliver@...kum.org>
Cc:	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [-mm] FS: file name must be unique in the same dir in
	procfs

Hi, Oliver,
Thanks for your comments,

On Mon, 2007-08-20 at 18:45 +0800, Oliver Neukum wrote:
> Am Montag 20 August 2007 schrieb Zhang Rui:
> > Files name must be unique in the same directory.
> >
> > Bug is reported here:
> > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8798
> 
> Then I'd say fix the callers.
But at least the callers need to be told that something is wrong first.

>  This will paper over bugs.
Hmm, what kind of bugs?
callers always need to check the return value when calling
proc_mkdir/create_proc_entry, don't they?


Thanks,
Rui
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