linux-kernel - RE: [RFC][PATCH] fs: configfs: programmatically create config groups

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Message-ID: <xa1tobijundy.fsf@mina86.com>
Date:	Tue, 27 Nov 2012 15:32:57 +0100
From:	Michal Nazarewicz <mina86@...a86.com>
To:	Andrzej Pietrasiewicz <andrzej.p@...sung.com>,
	'Sebastian Andrzej Siewior' <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
Cc:	linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	'Kyungmin Park' <kyungmin.park@...sung.com>,
	'Felipe Balbi' <balbi@...com>,
	'Greg Kroah-Hartman' <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	'Joel Becker' <jlbec@...lplan.org>,
	Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@...sung.com>
Subject: RE: [RFC][PATCH] fs: configfs: programmatically create config groups

On Tue, Nov 27 2012, Andrzej Pietrasiewicz <andrzej.p@...sung.com> wrote:
> I think we _still_ need a way to programmatically create/remove configfs
> directories. Without it, this: "After name is written it will request
> the module and special configuration related files pop up."
> (http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-usb/msg75118.html)

I agree, and this is orthogonal to exact API used by configfs gadget.

I may be missing something about configfs, but the way I see it, lack of
such functions is a mistake in the configfs API.

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