Re: [PATCH] block: Revert "[SCSI] genhd: add a new attribute"alias" in gendisk"

[Karel Zak]

On Wed, Nov 09, 2011 at 11:30:00AM -0600, James Bottomley wrote:
> On Wed, 2011-11-09 at 08:25 -0800, Tejun Heo wrote:
> > This reverts commit a72c5e5eb738033938ab30d6a634b74d1d060f10.
[...]
> No, I can't agree with this ... if you propose a working alternative,
> I'm listening, but in the absence of one, I think the hack fills a gap

 "The hack fills a gap" -- the definitive guide to Operation System
 API designing by James Bottomley; ISBN-666-666.

 ;-)

 If you open this Pandora's box then one day end-users will ask for
 the feature in all userspace utils. It's not about printk() only,
 it's about aliases for block devices. It's pretty invasive from
 long-term point of view...

    Karel

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