On Mon, 20 Aug 2007 21:36:29 +0900, Tejun Heo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello, all. > > This is subset of Eric W. Biederman's "Sysfs cleanups & tagged > directory support" patchset[1] with the following modifications. > > * fix-i_mutex-locking-in-sysfs_get_dentry patch is added at the top > and #14-Don_t-use-lookup_one_len_kern and > #15-vfs-Remove-lookup_one_len_kern are dropped. This is because #14 > contained had a bug where it might created dentry/inode for an > already deleted sysfs_dirent. I think it's benefitial to keep > single lookup path. > > * Rewrote simplify-sysfs_get_dentry patch and > #08-Implement-__sysfs_get_dentry, > #09-Move-sysfs_get_dentry-below-__sysfs_get_dentry and > #10-Rewrite-sysfs_get_dentry-in-terms-of-__sysfs_get_dentry are > omitted as __sysfs_get_dentry() isn't used by anyone. > > * #16, 19-25 are omitted as it isn't clear yet how the tagged entry > support will end up. > > * readdir simplification fixed. > > * sysfs_mutex double locking fixed. > > The patchset is on top of the current -gregkh. Survives some casual testing (including moving devices). Patches look sane to me at a cursory glance as well (sorry, don't have much time at the moment). - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
