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

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Date:	Sun, 29 Jun 2008 12:35:36 +0900
From:	Tejun Heo <htejun@...il.com>
To:	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.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

Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> 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.

I think the current one should do for now.  Changing to managed links
requires pervasive changes to locking and stuff.  I'll clean them up
when I refresh the patches I posted a while back.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun
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