Re: [PATCH RFC v1] rds: Expose feature parameters via sysfs and ELF note

[Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>]

On Tue, Jun 10, 2025 at 10:50:06PM +0200, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> > Right..
> > > as /dev/null.
> > 
> > Not sure I follow. Make them the same a /dev/null? Meaning link them to
> > /dev/null when the module is loaded?
> 
> I mean the contents of the file does not matter. All that matters is
> if the file exists or not. The IOCTL etc should never change, and if
> they do, the patch which changes them will be reverted. So i would
> make them a 0 byte file. You can even make it have mode 0000.

Gotcha! That seems to run counter to what the sysfs expects?

It has to have _something_ in them. But let me play around and see.

Thanks for the feedback!
> 
> However, i would first try to copy existing ideas...

Yup, lets see what the other folks have to say.
> 
> 	Andrew