linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] f2fs: add sysfs symbolic link to kobject with volume name

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Date:   Sun, 19 Jul 2020 17:16:40 +0200
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Daeho Jeong <daeho43@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-f2fs-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, kernel-team@...roid.com,
        Daeho Jeong <daehojeong@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] f2fs: add sysfs symbolic link to kobject with volume
 name

On Sun, Jul 19, 2020 at 02:44:08PM +0900, Daeho Jeong wrote:
> From: Daeho Jeong <daehojeong@...gle.com>
> 
> Added a symbolic link directory pointing to its device name
> directory using the volume name of the partition in sysfs.
> (i.e., /sys/fs/f2fs/vol_#x -> /sys/fs/f2fs/sda1)

No, please no.

That is already created today for you in /dev/disk/  The kernel does not
need to do this again.

If your distro/system/whatever does not provide you with /dev/disk/ and
all of the symlinks in there, then work with your distro/system/whatever
to do so.

Again, no need to do this on a per-filesystem-basis when we already have
this around for all filesystems, and have had it for 15+ years now.

thanks,

greg k-h