From: Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de>
To: samu.p.onkalo@nokia.com
Cc: hmh@hmh.eng.br, alan@linux.intel.com, akpm@linux-foundation.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sysfs: device-core: sysfs open close notify
Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2010 09:03:21 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20101104160321.GB3631@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <62697B07E9803846BC582181BD6FB6B836EB63CB54@NOK-EUMSG-02.mgdnok.nokia.com>
On Thu, Nov 04, 2010 at 02:32:15PM +0100, samu.p.onkalo@nokia.com wrote:
> It is easy to get rid of if the mode parameter is used to pass the information
> that this entry uses open_close_notify. What do you think, is it ok to use
> mode also to that purpose?
Don't try to overload a parameter that has been used for the past 40+
years in one way, to try to add additional side-band data that has
nothing to do with it.
That way lies madness.
thanks,
greg k-h
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-11-04 16:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-11-04 9:03 [PATCH] sysfs: device-core: sysfs open close notify Samu Onkalo
2010-11-04 13:23 ` Greg KH
2010-11-04 13:32 ` samu.p.onkalo
2010-11-04 16:03 ` Greg KH [this message]
2010-11-04 16:37 ` Onkalo Samu
2010-11-04 18:27 ` Greg KH
2010-11-05 8:03 ` samu.p.onkalo
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