linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 03/10] sysfs: added __compat_only_sysfs_link_entry_to

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Message-ID: <20151018112144.GC7391@intel.com>
Date:	Sun, 18 Oct 2015 14:21:44 +0300
From:	Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Peter Hüwe <PeterHuewe@....de>
Cc:	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, tpmdd-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, jgunthorpe@...idianresearch.com,
	dhowells@...hat.com, artem.bityutskiy@...ux.intel.com,
	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, NeilBrown <neilb@...e.de>,
	Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 03/10] sysfs: added
 __compat_only_sysfs_link_entry_to_kobj()

On Sun, Oct 18, 2015 at 03:37:16AM +0200, Peter Hüwe wrote:
> Am Freitag, 16. Oktober 2015, 20:40:22 schrieb Jarkko Sakkinen:
> > Added a new function __compat_only_sysfs_link_group_to_kobj() that adds
> > a symlink from attribute or group to a kobject. This needed for
> > maintaining backwards compatibility with PPI attributes in the TPM
> > driver.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@...ux.intel.com>
> @Greg: Can I get an acked-by or something from you as the sysfs maintainer?

I think everyone was otherwise OK with this with only one contradiction
as I read previous dicussions about this patch:

- This name was propsed by Tejun Heo
- Greg doubted whether it is a good name.

We can fixup to another name if someone says what it would be.

> Thanks,
> Peter

/Jarkko
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