linux-kernel - Re: [RFC V2 PATCH]debugfs:Fix terminology inconsistency of dir name to mount debugfs filesystem.

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.00.0905291240150.31247@gandalf.stny.rr.com>
Date:	Fri, 29 May 2009 12:48:06 -0400 (EDT)
From:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:	GeunSik Lim <leemgs1@...il.com>
cc:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, trivial@...nel.org,
	balagi@...tmail.de, bgamari@...il.com, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	inaky.perez-gonzalez@...el.com
Subject: Re: [RFC V2 PATCH]debugfs:Fix terminology inconsistency of dir name
 to mount debugfs filesystem.




On Sat, 30 May 2009, GeunSik Lim wrote:

> 
> 
> Dear Greg and Steen,
> 
> Thanks your advices and opinions about a confusion according to  
> too many mount directory names for debugfs. I made rfc v2 patch file again like belows.
> Can I hear your advices about below patch contents?.  
> 
> * ref: 
> http://groups.google.com/group/linux.kernel/browse_thread/thread/c34e386587979340/dc52317f888e78b6?#dc52317f888e78b6
> 
> 
> Regards,
> GeunSik Lim.
> 
> Subject: [PATCH]   Fix terminology inconsistency of dir name to mount debugfs filesystem.
> 
>       Many developers use "/debug/" or "/debugfs/ directory name to mount
>       debugfs filesystem for ftrace according to
>       ./Documentation/tracers/ftrace.txt file.
> 
>       And, three directory names(ex:/debug/, /debugfs/, /sys/kernel/debug/) is
>       existed in kernel source like ftrace, DRM, Wireless, Network[sky2]files
>       to mount debugfs filesystem.
> 
>       debugfs means debug filesystem for debugging easy to use by greg kroah
>       hartman. "/sys/kernel/debug/" name is suitable as directory name
>       of debugfs filesystem.
>       -debugfs related reference: http://lwn.net/Articles/115405/

Note, LWN has an update this week:

 http://lwn.net/Articles/334546/

But it currently is subscriber only. Others would need to either buy a 
subscription (plug) or wait a week for it to become open.

Still for some aspects, just having "debugfs" without the leading "/" 
might just be self explanatory. We can assume the user already knows where 
debugfs is mounted.

-- Steve


> 
>       Fix inconsistency of directory name to mount debugfs filesystem.
> 
>          Signed-off-by: GeunSik Lim <geunsik.lim@...sung.com>
>          Acked-By: Inaky Perez-Gonzalez <inaky@...ux.intel.com>
>          CC: Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
>          CC: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
>          CC: linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
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