linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] debugfs: Revamp debugfs_create_{u,x,s}{8,16,32,64} to support signed integers

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Message-ID: <20071216170550.GA12697@kroah.com>
Date:	Sun, 16 Dec 2007 09:05:50 -0800
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	Mattias Nissler <mattias.nissler@....de>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] debugfs: Revamp debugfs_create_{u,x,s}{8,16,32,64} to
	support signed integers

On Sun, Dec 16, 2007 at 05:37:59PM +0100, Mattias Nissler wrote:
> This makes debugfs use its own file_operations for the value accessor files
> created by debugfs_create_XXX. Having that, we can also have proper versions
> for signed integers.

Why not tweak the "SIMPLE_ATTRIBUTE" code to support this instead?  That
way debugfs and all other filesystems could also use these attributes?

thanks,

greg k-h
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