Re: [RFC 0/5] Backing Store for sysfs (Overhauled)

[Greg KH]

On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 05:53:44PM +0530, Maneesh Soni wrote:
> 
> The concept is still the same that in this prototype also we create dentry and 
> inode on the fly when they are first looked up. This is done for both leaf or 
> non-leaf dentries. The generic nature of sysfs_dirent makes it easy to do for 
> both leaf or non-leaf dentries. 

What happens once a dentry and inode is created?  Is there any way for
them to be forced out, or do they stay around in memory forever?

thanks,

greg k-h
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