Messages in this thread | | | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Date | Mon, 5 Mar 2012 08:47:27 -0800 | Subject | Re: [PATCH] sysfs: Optionally count subdirectories to support buggy applications |
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On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 8:09 AM, Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote: > > I don't remember. I thought there was a proposed patch for this issue > from Eric, but I don't see it in my queue anywhere.
That patch was an abortion. Adding a config option for behavior like this is totally bogus, and the only reason for that config option was that sysfs did silly things.
It's only in -next, though, I was assuming that the whole "Kill nlink counting" commit never makes it to me. Because I won't take it.
I outlined how the counting could easily be done without actually having to maintain an explicit count in the sysfs.
Or we should just keep doing the counting.
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