Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 15 Oct 2007 15:22:45 -0700 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 3/3] Blackfin serial driver: this driver enable SPORTs on Blackfin emulate UART |
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On Mon, 15 Oct 2007 18:03:35 -0400 "Mike Frysinger" <vapier.adi@gmail.com> wrote:
> > It is not a good idea to create files in /proc which have spaces in their > > names. Yes, userspace _should_ be able to cope with that in all cases, but > > all software sucks, even including userspace ;) > > > > I'd suggest that we be defensive here, and avoid using spaces in filenames. > > i'm not sure i follow ... these are the names given to request_irq() > which means this is what shows up in /proc/interrupts ... does this > function also create an actual file somewhere in /proc that i am not > aware of ?
err, umm, yeah. But the same argument applies: it is imprudent to have space-containing records in /proc/interrupts.
However it seems that we've already done that in several places so I guess any /proc/interrupts-parsing programs are already coping with it OK. - 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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