Re: [PATCHSET] sysfs: disentangle kobject namespace handling from sysfs

2013-09-11 Thread Greg KH
On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 08:38:32PM -0700, Eric W. Biederman wrote: > Greg KH writes: > > > On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 10:29:02PM -0400, Tejun Heo wrote: > >> Hello, > >> > >> I'll send out multiple patchsets to separate out sysfs from driver > >> core and kobject. The eventual goal is making

Re: [PATCHSET] sysfs: disentangle kobject namespace handling from sysfs

2013-09-11 Thread Tejun Heo
On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 08:37:23PM -0700, Eric W. Biederman wrote: > At a practical level you probably just want to copy the good parts of > the structure of sysfs, instead of attempting to share code. > > Sharing code is likely to get you into all kinds of problems with short > term hacks.

Re: [PATCHSET] sysfs: disentangle kobject namespace handling from sysfs

2013-09-11 Thread Eric W. Biederman
Greg KH writes: > On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 10:29:02PM -0400, Tejun Heo wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I'll send out multiple patchsets to separate out sysfs from driver >> core and kobject. The eventual goal is making sysfs modular enough so >> that cgroup can replace its nightmarish cgroupfs

Re: [PATCHSET] sysfs: disentangle kobject namespace handling from sysfs

2013-09-11 Thread Eric W. Biederman
Tejun Heo writes: > Hello, > > I'll send out multiple patchsets to separate out sysfs from driver > core and kobject. The eventual goal is making sysfs modular enough so > that cgroup can replace its nightmarish cgroupfs implementation which > repeated and worsened all the past mistakes of

Re: [PATCHSET] sysfs: disentangle kobject namespace handling from sysfs

2013-09-11 Thread Tejun Heo
On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 08:33:44PM -0700, Greg KH wrote: > I have to wait for 3.12-rc1 to come out before applying anything, and > then we will be at LinuxCon/Plumbers drinking^Wworking all next week, so > it will be a bit before any of this could hit my tree. Heh, sounds good. See you soon in

Re: [PATCHSET] sysfs: disentangle kobject namespace handling from sysfs

2013-09-11 Thread Greg KH
On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 11:23:16PM -0400, Tejun Heo wrote: > Hello, Greg. > > > Nice job with these. Do you want me to add them to my tree for 3.13, or > > do you want to take them through yours as you will be building on top of > > them? > > I think it'll be best to route them through your

Re: [PATCHSET] sysfs: disentangle kobject namespace handling from sysfs

2013-09-11 Thread Tejun Heo
Hello, Greg. > Nice job with these. Do you want me to add them to my tree for 3.13, or > do you want to take them through yours as you will be building on top of > them? I think it'll be best to route them through your tree but maybe we want to wait a bit before applying them? Thanks! --

Re: [PATCHSET] sysfs: disentangle kobject namespace handling from sysfs

2013-09-11 Thread Greg KH
On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 10:29:02PM -0400, Tejun Heo wrote: > Hello, > > I'll send out multiple patchsets to separate out sysfs from driver > core and kobject. The eventual goal is making sysfs modular enough so > that cgroup can replace its nightmarish cgroupfs implementation which > repeated

[PATCHSET] sysfs: disentangle kobject namespace handling from sysfs

2013-09-11 Thread Tejun Heo
Hello, I'll send out multiple patchsets to separate out sysfs from driver core and kobject. The eventual goal is making sysfs modular enough so that cgroup can replace its nightmarish cgroupfs implementation which repeated and worsened all the past mistakes of sysfs. This patchset is first of

[PATCHSET] sysfs: disentangle kobject namespace handling from sysfs

2013-09-11 Thread Tejun Heo
Hello, I'll send out multiple patchsets to separate out sysfs from driver core and kobject. The eventual goal is making sysfs modular enough so that cgroup can replace its nightmarish cgroupfs implementation which repeated and worsened all the past mistakes of sysfs. This patchset is first of

Re: [PATCHSET] sysfs: disentangle kobject namespace handling from sysfs

2013-09-11 Thread Greg KH
On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 10:29:02PM -0400, Tejun Heo wrote: Hello, I'll send out multiple patchsets to separate out sysfs from driver core and kobject. The eventual goal is making sysfs modular enough so that cgroup can replace its nightmarish cgroupfs implementation which repeated and

Re: [PATCHSET] sysfs: disentangle kobject namespace handling from sysfs

2013-09-11 Thread Tejun Heo
Hello, Greg. Nice job with these. Do you want me to add them to my tree for 3.13, or do you want to take them through yours as you will be building on top of them? I think it'll be best to route them through your tree but maybe we want to wait a bit before applying them? Thanks! -- tejun

Re: [PATCHSET] sysfs: disentangle kobject namespace handling from sysfs

2013-09-11 Thread Greg KH
On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 11:23:16PM -0400, Tejun Heo wrote: Hello, Greg. Nice job with these. Do you want me to add them to my tree for 3.13, or do you want to take them through yours as you will be building on top of them? I think it'll be best to route them through your tree but

Re: [PATCHSET] sysfs: disentangle kobject namespace handling from sysfs

2013-09-11 Thread Tejun Heo
On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 08:33:44PM -0700, Greg KH wrote: I have to wait for 3.12-rc1 to come out before applying anything, and then we will be at LinuxCon/Plumbers drinking^Wworking all next week, so it will be a bit before any of this could hit my tree. Heh, sounds good. See you soon in New

Re: [PATCHSET] sysfs: disentangle kobject namespace handling from sysfs

2013-09-11 Thread Eric W. Biederman
Tejun Heo t...@kernel.org writes: Hello, I'll send out multiple patchsets to separate out sysfs from driver core and kobject. The eventual goal is making sysfs modular enough so that cgroup can replace its nightmarish cgroupfs implementation which repeated and worsened all the past

Re: [PATCHSET] sysfs: disentangle kobject namespace handling from sysfs

2013-09-11 Thread Eric W. Biederman
Greg KH gre...@linuxfoundation.org writes: On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 10:29:02PM -0400, Tejun Heo wrote: Hello, I'll send out multiple patchsets to separate out sysfs from driver core and kobject. The eventual goal is making sysfs modular enough so that cgroup can replace its nightmarish

Re: [PATCHSET] sysfs: disentangle kobject namespace handling from sysfs

2013-09-11 Thread Tejun Heo
On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 08:37:23PM -0700, Eric W. Biederman wrote: At a practical level you probably just want to copy the good parts of the structure of sysfs, instead of attempting to share code. Sharing code is likely to get you into all kinds of problems with short term hacks. What?

Re: [PATCHSET] sysfs: disentangle kobject namespace handling from sysfs

2013-09-11 Thread Greg KH
On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 08:38:32PM -0700, Eric W. Biederman wrote: Greg KH gre...@linuxfoundation.org writes: On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 10:29:02PM -0400, Tejun Heo wrote: Hello, I'll send out multiple patchsets to separate out sysfs from driver core and kobject. The eventual goal is