Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 17 Apr 2004 00:46:02 +0100 | From | viro@parcelfa ... | Subject | Re: [RFC] fix sysfs symlinks |
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On Fri, Apr 16, 2004 at 03:37:32PM -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> Since when did we ever assume that renaming a kobject would rename the > symlinks that might point to it? Renaming kobjects are a hack that way, > if you use them, you need to be aware of this limitation.
Since we assume that these symlinks actually reflect some relationship between the objects and are really needed for something. If they are not - why the hell do we keep them at all? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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