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Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2013 14:09:33 -0700 (PDT) From: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> To: sony.chacko@...gic.com Cc: gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, rajesh.borundia@...gic.com, shahed.shaikh@...gic.com, jitendra.kalsaria@...gic.com, Linux-Driver@...gic.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: qlcnic binary sysfs file abuse From: Sony Chacko <sony.chacko@...gic.com> Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2013 19:37:46 +0000 >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Greg KH [mailto:gregkh@...uxfoundation.org] >> Sent: Saturday, July 06, 2013 5:30 PM >> To: Rajesh Borundia; Shahed Shaikh; Jitendra Kalsaria; Sony Chacko; Dept-Eng >> Linux Driver >> Cc: netdev; linux-kernel >> Subject: qlcnic binary sysfs file abuse >> >> I was doing a kernel-wide audit on all of the binary sysfs files, and noticed a >> metric ton of them in the qlcnic driver. >> >> So, any objection to me just deleting these entirely? Or, if they really are >> needed, can I just move them to debugfs, which is where I think they should >> have been from the beginning? > > Some applications are using these files, please move them to debugfs. This is quite a mess, and I've complained about all of the crazy files created by qlcnic in the past. debugfs is for things that do not create a ABI which the kernel has to maintain forever. -- 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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