linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 10/16] DRBD: proc

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Message-Id: <1241279040.3639.49.camel@mulgrave.int.hansenpartnership.com>
Date:	Sat, 02 May 2009 10:44:00 -0500
From:	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>
To:	Philipp Reisner <philipp.reisner@...bit.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>,
	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>, Neil Brown <neilb@...e.de>,
	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>, Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>,
	Nikanth Karthikesan <knikanth@...e.de>,
	Lars Marowsky-Bree <lmb@...e.de>,
	"Nicholas A. Bellinger" <nab@...ux-iscsi.org>,
	Kyle Moffett <kyle@...fetthome.net>,
	Bart Van Assche <bart.vanassche@...il.com>,
	Lars Ellenberg <lars.ellenberg@...bit.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 10/16] DRBD: proc

On Thu, 2009-04-30 at 13:26 +0200, Philipp Reisner wrote:
> The /proc/drbd interface.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Philipp Reisner <philipp.reisner@...bit.com>
> Signed-off-by: Lars Ellenberg <lars.ellenberg@...bit.com>

/proc is deprecated for device control and printing.  I can see why you
want this (because it looks very similar to /proc/mdstat) but might it
not be better to convert it to a proper sysfs view with your own bus and
one device per connection with the stats?

James


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