linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 0/6] debugfs: Replace dentry with an opaque handle in debugfs API

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Message-ID: <20250210170016.GD1977892@ZenIV>
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2025 17:00:16 +0000
From: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
To: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc: David Reaver <me@...idreaver.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	"Rafael J . Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
	Danilo Krummrich <dakr@...nel.org>,
	Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, cocci@...ia.fr,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 0/6] debugfs: Replace dentry with an opaque handle in
 debugfs API

On Mon, Feb 10, 2025 at 11:53:13AM -0500, Steven Rostedt wrote:

> No it will not be fine. You should not be using dentry at all. I thought
> this was going to convert debugfs over to kernfs. The debugfs_node should
> be using kernfs and completely eliminate the use of dentry.

I disagree, actually - kernfs is an awful model for anything, sysfs included...