netdev - Re: [RFC PATCH net-next] net: rename group sysfs entry to netdev

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Date:	Thu, 10 Feb 2011 11:11:35 +0200
From:	Vlad Dogaru <ddvlad@...edu.org>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	dfeng@...hat.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org, eric.dumazet@...il.com,
	therbert@...gle.com, ebiederm@...ssion.com, shemminger@...tta.com
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH net-next] net: rename group sysfs entry to
 netdev_group

On Wed, Feb 09, 2011 at 02:03:23PM -0800, David Miller wrote:
> From: Xiaotian feng <dfeng@...hat.com>
> Date: Wed,  9 Feb 2011 18:52:49 +0800
> 
> > From: Xiaotian Feng <dfeng@...hat.com>
> > 
> > commit a512b92 adds sysfs entry for net device group, but
> > before this commit, tun also uses group sysfs, so after this
> > commit checkin, kernel warns like this:
> >     sysfs: cannot create duplicate filename '/devices/virtual/net/vnet0/group'
> > 
> > Since tun has used this for years, rename sysfs under tun might
> > break existing userspace, so rename group sysfs entry for net device
> > group is a better choice.

I was not aware of that, sorry for breaking things :)
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