linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCHES] Re: Is configfs the right solution for configuration based fs?

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Message-ID: <20080620065253.GA14238@ca-server1.us.oracle.com>
Date:	Thu, 19 Jun 2008 23:52:53 -0700
From:	Joel Becker <Joel.Becker@...cle.com>
To:	Ben Nizette <bn@...sdigital.com>
Cc:	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>,
	"Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...il.com>,
	linux-wireless <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>,
	Satyam Sharma <ssatyam@....iitk.ac.in>,
	Felix Fietkau <nbd@...nwrt.org>,
	Al Viro <viro@....linux.org.uk>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCHES] Re: Is configfs the right solution for
	configuration based fs?

On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 04:19:10PM +1000, Ben Nizette wrote:
> Looks great, thx :-).  I'll convert some of my stuff over to this
> interface and see how it flies in the real world.

	Excellent.  What is your stuff, btw?  Got code?  Love to see it.

> ISTR when I did this I kept the old semantics and used ERR_PTR and
> friends if things went pear-shaped.  Given the small number of in-tree
> users needing to be moved over, a more intrusive change for the sake of
> a cleaner API like you've done is probably a good thing anyway :-)

	Yeah, I like this better than ERR_PTR.
	If you like the macros, I'll try to make the next merge window
as well.  So let me know.

joel

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