linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 12/13] sysfs: Propagate renames to the vfs on demand

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Date:	Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:20:24 +0900
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
CC:	"Serge E. Hallyn" <serue@...ibm.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>,
	Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org>, Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@...ibm.com>,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
	Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@...et.ca>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...stanetworks.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 12/13] sysfs: Propagate renames to the vfs on demand

Hello,

Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> NFS does exactly the same thing I am doing.

Oh... well, sysfs directories parenting other filesystems are pretty
rare and well defined.  Although it's not very pretty, I don't think
we'll see any actual problem there.  Thanks for the explanation.

-- 
tejun
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