linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH]debugfs:Fix terminology inconsistency of dir name to mount debugfs filesystem.

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Message-Id: <200905261250.34056.inaky.perez-gonzalez@intel.com>
Date:	Tue, 26 May 2009 12:50:33 -0700
From:	Iñaky Pérez-González 
	<inaky.perez-gonzalez@...el.com>
To:	"leemgs1@...il.com" <leemgs1@...il.com>
Cc:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>, Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"trivial@...nel.org" <trivial@...nel.org>,
	"balagi@...tmail.de" <balagi@...tmail.de>,
	"bgamari@...il.com" <bgamari@...il.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH]debugfs:Fix terminology inconsistency of dir name to mount debugfs filesystem.

On Monday 25 May 2009, GeunSik Lim wrote:
>  Hi all,
>
>  I want to hear your opinions about this proposal for consistency of
>  mount directory to mount debugfs filesystem that need  by ftrace
> infrastructure. Um... I appended "RFC" word in the subject because this
> mail is my proposal just.
>
>
> commit 1766a83645706100b1829bb422f852ec757c6f4b
> Author: GeunSik,Lim <leemgs1@...il.com>
> Date:   Tue May 26 13:49:23 2009 +0900
>
>     Fix terminology inconsistency of dir name to mount debugfs filesystem.
>
>       Many developers use "/debug/" directory name to mount debugfs
> filesystem for ftrace according to ./Documentation/tracers/ftrace.txt file.
>
>       But, two directory names(ex:/debug/, /debugfs/) is existed in kernel
> source like ftrace, DRM, Wireless, Network[sky2]files to mount debugfs
> filesystem. I think that we don't have to select either "/debug/" directory
> name or "/debugfs/" directory name for terminology consistency.
>
>       debugfs means debug filesystem for debugging easy to use by greg
> kroah hartman. "/debug/" name is suitable as directory name of debugfs for
> tracing using ftrace like "/sys/" of sysfs(system filesystem). -debugfs
> related reference: http://lwn.net/Articles/115405/
>
>       Fix inconsistency of directory name according to duplicated
> expression to mount debugfs.
>
>          Signed-off-by: GeunSik Lim <geunsik.lim@...sung.com>

For the WiMAX part, not really an issue:

Acked-By: Inaky Perez-Gonzalez <inaky@...ux.intel.com>

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