linux-kernel - Re: SYSFS "errors"

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Message-ID: <20130219132853.GG26623@pd.tnic>
Date:	Tue, 19 Feb 2013 14:28:54 +0100
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:	Felipe Balbi <balbi@...com>
Cc:	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...hat.com>,
	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, JBottomley@...allels.com,
	linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Doug Thompson <dougthompson@...ssion.com>,
	linux-edac@...r.kernel.org, rjw@...k.pl, linux-pm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: SYSFS "errors"

On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 03:15:00PM +0200, Felipe Balbi wrote:
> what's the problem with that ?

Not a problem - simply annoying.

$ ./test.sh
cat: /path/to/file/that/doesnt/exist.txt: No such file or directory
Setting scrubrate to:

I'm sure someone would ask themselves why all of a sudden the file is
gone.

> $ cat /path/to/file/that/doesnt/exist.txt
> cat: /path/to/file/that/doesnt/exist.txt: No such file or directory
> 
> Didn't see any gates to hell opening here...

And I don't see why we have to debate such a trivial thing when we can
fix it *properly* without *absolutely* *not* upsetting userspace.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

Sent from a fat crate under my desk. Formatting is fine.
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