Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 16 Apr 2004 20:03:50 -0400 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: [RFC] fix sysfs symlinks |
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viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk wrote: > 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?
I was wondering the same thing :)
Ideally one would think that userland can deduce relationships by looking at the attribute information sysfs already provides -- and if not, it's just one more bit of info to export via sysfs.
Jeff
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