Re: [RFC 00/11] possible debugfs/libfs consolidation

From: Greg KH
Date: Tue Feb 19 2008 - 11:44:28 EST


On Tue, Feb 19, 2008 at 05:04:35AM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> I noticed that there is a lot of duplication in pseudo
> file systems, so I started looking into how to consolidate
> them. I ended up with a largish rework of the structure
> of libfs and moving almost all of debugfs in there as well.
>
> As an example, I also have patches that reduce debugfs,
> securityfs and usbfs to the point where they are mostly
> thin wrappers around libfs, with large comment blocks.
> Other file systems could be changed in the same way, but
> I first like to see if people agree that I'm on the right
> track.

I like the idea, and have no objection to these patches at all. Please
feel free to test them and send them again :)

thanks,

greg k-h
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