linux-kernel - Re: [patch 12/21] perfmon2 minimal: sysfs interface

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Date:	Wed, 11 Jun 2008 07:49:55 -0700
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	eranian@...glemail.com
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch 12/21] perfmon2 minimal:  sysfs interface

On Mon, Jun 09, 2008 at 03:34:25PM -0700, eranian@...glemail.com wrote:
> +
> +static struct kobject pfm_kernel_kobj;

Eeek, no, please look at Documentation/kobject.txt that says to not ever
have static kobjects.

I think a lot of this code can be cleaned up and shrunk given the way
that kobjects have changed recently.  See the examples in
samples/kobject/ and the documentation file for more details.

If you have any questions about it, please let me know.

Also, whenever you add a sysfs file to the kernel, please document it in
Documentation/ABI/ so that everyone knows what it is and how to use it.

thanks,

greg k-h
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