linux-kernel - Re: SLUB sysfs support

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Date:	Fri, 28 Dec 2007 03:26:45 +0000
From:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
To:	Christoph Lameter <clameter@....com>
Cc:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
Subject: Re: SLUB sysfs support

On Thu, Dec 27, 2007 at 06:19:46PM -0800, Christoph Lameter wrote:
> nfsd4_delegations? What is this about?

The random lifetimes of user-visible files you create in sysfs.

> How do I scan for the symlinks in sysfs?

At which point are you going to do that?  AFAICS, the fundamental problem
is that you
	* have aliases indistinguishable, so kmem_cache_destroy() can't tell
which one is going away, no matter what
	* have per-alias objects in sysfs
As the result, you have a user-visible mess in that directory in sysfs.
And I don't see how you would deal with that - on the "the contents of
directory changes in so-and-so way when such-and-such operation is
done", not the implementation details one.

BTW, I'm rather sceptical about free use of slabs; keep in mind that their
names have to be unique with your sysfs layout, so...
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