linux-kernel - Re: NVMe over Fabrics target implementation

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Date:	Tue, 7 Jun 2016 19:31:05 +0200
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To:	Bart Van Assche <bart.vanassche@...disk.com>
Cc:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>, axboe@...nel.dk,
	keith.busch@...el.com, linux-nvme@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-block@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: NVMe over Fabrics target implementation

Hi Bart,

> As you know with configfs it is not allowed to create directories in the 
> configfs hierarchy from inside the kernel.

Of course you can, and every user of configfs relies on being able
to create directories from the kernel using either the default_groups
list, or through the use of configfs_register_group().