linux-kernel - Re: bonding sysfs output

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Message-ID: <87ve7cxh9z.fsf@tac.ki.iif.hu>
Date:	Thu, 06 Dec 2007 11:13:28 +0100
From:	Ferenc Wagner <wferi@...f.hu>
To:	Jean Delvare <khali@...ux-fr.org>
Cc:	Jay Vosburgh <fubar@...ibm.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: bonding sysfs output

Jean Delvare <khali@...ux-fr.org> writes:

> On Mon, 26 Nov 2007 09:29:40 +0100, Wagner Ferenc wrote:
>
>> On the policy side: some files are not applicable to some types of
>> bonds, and return a single linefeed in that case.  Except for one
>> single case, which returns 'NA\n'.  The patch changes these cases into
>> emtpy files.
>
> IMHO a better approach would be to not create the files at all when
> they make no sense for a given type of bond.

That would require much more in-depth changes in the sysfs code, I'm
afraid.  But see also the 5th patch in the series, which reponds to
Jay's suggestion.  And as such, goes in the opposite direction.
-- 
Thanks,
Feri.
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