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Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2012 09:13:15 -0700
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
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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