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Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2013 14:38:14 -0800 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> To: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl> Cc: ACPI Devel Maling List <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, "Kristen C. Accardi" <kristen.c.accardi@...el.com>, Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org> Subject: Re: [RFC][Update 2][PATCH 3/4] sysfs: Functions for adding/removing symlinks to/from attribute groups On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 11:41:35PM +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > On Monday, January 21, 2013 12:58:20 PM Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 02:06:27PM +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > > > From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com> > > > > > > The most convenient way to expose ACPI power resources lists of a > > > device is to put symbolic links to sysfs directories representing > > > those resources into special attribute groups in the device's sysfs > > > directory. For this purpose, it is necessary to be able to add > > > symbolic links to attribute groups. > > > > > > For this reason, add sysfs helper functions for adding/removing > > > symbolic links to/from attribute groups, sysfs_add_link_to_group() > > > and sysfs_remove_link_from_group(), respectively. > > > > Those functions are fine, but why sysfs_add_link()? > > Do you mean the helper? I couldn't invent a better name. :-) > > Would sysfs_create_link_sd() be better? That's a bit more descriptive, yes, and don't export it and I'll have no objections. thanks, greg k-h -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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