linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5/6] coresight: etm3x: breaking down sysFS status interface

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Message-ID: <20151007165339.GB12439@kroah.com>
Date:	Wed, 7 Oct 2015 17:53:39 +0100
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@...aro.org>
Cc:	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/6] coresight: etm3x: breaking down sysFS status
 interface

On Wed, Oct 07, 2015 at 09:26:42AM -0600, Mathieu Poirier wrote:
> SysFS rules stipulate that only one value can be conveyed per
> file.  As such splitting the "status" interface in individual files.
> 
> This is also useful for user space applications - that way they can
> probe each file individually rather than having to parse a list of entries.

Ah, much nicer, thanks for doing this.

greg k-h
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