On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 11:57 PM, Greg KH <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 02:57:05PM -0700, Matt Longnecker wrote: > > Greg, > > > > Back in December 2007 Mattias Nissler proposed a patch defining > > debugfs_create_s32 and friends. In it he reworked the already existent u and > > x versions. The subject of Mattias's mail was "[PATCH] debugfs: Revamp > > debugfs_create_{u,x,s}{8,16,32,64} to support signed integers". > > > > As I'm writing a new driver related to thermal management, I'm finding the > > absence of debugfs_create_s32 to be a stumbling block. I see at least two > > other folks who have stumbled on the absence of debugfs_create_s32 in the > > past few years. > > > > Why didn't we merge Mattias's patch? > > I can't remember why I didn't merge a patch from last week, let alone > from 2007, are you crazy? :)
Needless to say, I don't remember details either. It might just have been a case of not adding further debugfs API as long as there's little demand to justify the addition. The latter may have changed in the last 7 years (Matt hints at other potential consumers?), but I personally can't tell as I haven't done any kernel work in more recent times. > > > > Would you entertain a similar patch today? > > I always entertain all patches, you never need to ask if you are allowed > to send a patch, that's like asking "Am I allowed to ask a question?"... > > greg k-h -- 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/
