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

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Date:	Tue, 27 Nov 2012 17:23:14 +0100
From:	Michal Nazarewicz <mina86@...a86.com>
To:	Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>,
	Andrzej Pietrasiewicz <andrzej.p@...sung.com>
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, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote:
> I don't want to push python on anyone but the removal magic is simply
> straight forward: unlink the disk ports, rmdir luns, tpgt,…

How should a generic tool know what kind of actions are needed for given
function to be removed?  If you ask me, there should be a way to unbind
gadget and unload all modules without any specific knowledge of the
functions.  If there is no such mechanism, then it's a bad user
interface.

> I understand the need for things that pop later like interfaceXX but
> couldn't the user manually create them if he needs them?

I think the question is of information flow direction.  If user gives
some information to the kernel, she should be the one creating any
necessary directories.  But if the information comes from kernel to the
user, the kernel should create the structure.

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