linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 07/11] sysfs: Implement sysfs_delete_link and sysfs_rename

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Date:	Thu, 26 Jun 2008 13:24:47 -0700
From:	ebiederm@...ssion.com (Eric W. Biederman)
To:	Tejun Heo <htejun@...il.com>
Cc:	Benjamin Thery <benjamin.thery@...l.net>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Daniel Lezcano <dlezcano@...ibm.com>,
	Serge Hallyn <serue@...ibm.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Al Viro <viro@....linux.org.uk>,
	Linux Containers <containers@...ts.osdl.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 07/11] sysfs: Implement sysfs_delete_link and sysfs_rename_link

Tejun Heo <htejun@...il.com> writes:

> Ugly but given the current interface limitations...

Yep.  I have been thinking it might be nice to look at what you did with magic symlink
handling.  Otherwise we either need to convert everything from sysfs_remove_link to
sysfs_delete_link if we don't want to play whack a mole.

Eric
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