linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] Hack to use mkdir/rmdir in debugfs

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Message-ID: <1358916764.21576.110.camel@gandalf.local.home>
Date:	Tue, 22 Jan 2013 23:52:44 -0500
From:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC] Hack to use mkdir/rmdir in debugfs

On Tue, 2013-01-22 at 20:41 -0800, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:

> Yes, you would need to require distros to mount it in the proper place,
> which is a pain, but not impossible.  It's up to you, as I thought you
> needed to modify debugfs, I didn't like it, but if you can do it in your
> own code, I really don't care anymore :)
> 

OK, I'll keep it as is unless Al freaks out over it. Then I may need to
put more effort into it :-)

I just want to make sure I'm not missing something by releasing the
inode mutexes.

-- Steve


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