Re: [PATCH 13/13] sysfs: Factor out sysfs_rename from sysfs_rename_dir and sysfs_move_dir

[Eric W. Biederman]

"Serge E. Hallyn" <serue@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Quoting Eric W. Biederman (ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx):
>> From: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> 
>> These two functions do 90% of the same work and it doesn't significantly
>> obfuscate the function to allow both the parent dir and the name to change
>> at the same time.  So merge them together to simplify maintenance, and
>> increase testing.
>> 
>> Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Based on just this patchset it seems sysfs_rename() could be static,
> but since it isn't static I assume your later patchset will use it
> outside fs/sysfs/dir.c?

To implement sysfs_rename_link, but that is too much to digest/review/push
all at once.

I have a snapshot of my development tree up on kernel.org if you are
interested.

Eric
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