linux-kernel - Re: sysfs filenames with spaces

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Date:   Tue, 13 Oct 2020 19:17:54 +0200
From:   Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: sysfs filenames with spaces

On Mon 2020-10-05 19:41:15, Joe Perches wrote:
> This doesn't seem like a great idea to me.
> 
> For my system I've got:
> 
> /sys/devices/platform/Fixed MDIO bus.0/
> /sys/bus/platform/drivers/int3401 thermal/
> /sys/bus/platform/drivers/int3403 thermal/
> /sys/bus/platform/drivers/int3400 thermal/
> /sys/bus/mdio_bus/drivers/Generic PHY/
> /sys/bus/mdio_bus/drivers/Generic Clause 45 PHY/
> /sys/bus/pnp/drivers/i8042 aux/
> /sys/bus/pnp/drivers/i8042 kbd/
> /sys/bus/i2c/drivers/CHT Whiskey Cove PMIC/
> 
> Could these filenames be avoided in the future or
> even renamed today?

Does not look like great idea to me, either. Hmm. Is there filename
with "/" in it? :-)

But I guess you'd need to cc relevant maintainers and that this is
going to be a bit of whack-a-mole.

Best regards,
								Pavel

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