linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] btrfs: Remove all sysfs entries

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Date:	Wed, 15 Jun 2011 17:01:11 +0100
From:	Hugo Mills <hugo@...fax.org.uk>
To:	Mitch Harder <mitch.harder@...ayonlinux.org>
Cc:	Maarten Lankhorst <m.b.lankhorst@...il.com>,
	Chris Mason <chris.mason@...cle.com>,
	linux-btrfs@...r.kernel.org,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	kreijack@...ero.it
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] btrfs: Remove all sysfs entries

On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 10:54:13AM -0500, Mitch Harder wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 5:34 AM, Hugo Mills <hugo@...fax.org.uk> wrote:
> > On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 10:40:31AM +0200, Maarten Lankhorst wrote:
> >> Seems that currently none of the sysfs are created any more, so just
> >> remove sysfs support entirely.
> >>
> >> Fixes compiling warnings in 3.0rc3
> >
> >   I would actually like to retain sysfs support -- the current
> > entries may not be used (or useful, or in the right place, or even
> > visible these days), but there's plenty of things that could and
> > should go in sysfs from btrfs.
> >
> >   So, please do remove the unwanted/unused file entries, but could
> > you leave the sysfs file itself, and the (limited) bits that create
> > the btrfs subdir? Otherwise, I'm going to be putting it all back in
> > this weekend when I get the time to revisit Goffredo's old sysfs
> > patch...
> 
> I'm not sure if Goffredo is following this thread, but I think you'll
> need a missing patch to provide a fs/btrfs/sysfs.h file in order to
> use his sysfs patch.

   OK, thanks for the warning. I'm not expecting Goffredo's patch to
be a complete drop-in turn-key solution -- he did warn that it was
only a first draft when he originally posted it.

   Hugo.

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