From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Seth Jennings <sjenning@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Robert Jennings <rcj@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] debugfs: add get/set for atomic types
Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2012 09:13:15 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20121026161315.GA13134@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1351266541-17268-1-git-send-email-sjenning@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 10:49:01AM -0500, Seth Jennings wrote:
> debugfs currently lacks the ability to create attributes
> that set/get atomic_t values.
>
> This patch adds support for this through a new
> debugfs_create_atomic_t() function.
Why would you want to set an atomic variable type from userspace? What
in-kernel code needs this?
thanks,
greg k-h
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-10-26 16:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-10-26 15:49 [PATCH] debugfs: add get/set for atomic types Seth Jennings
2012-10-26 16:13 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman [this message]
2012-10-26 18:46 ` Seth Jennings
2012-10-26 23:55 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
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