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Subject: Re: [PATCH 10/11] avoid kobject name conflict with different namespaces
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Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com> writes:

> On Wed, 07 May 2008 13:54:27 -0700,
> ebiederm@xmission.com (Eric W. Biederman) wrote:
>
>> > I thought that s390 also used it, but I don't see
>> > that usage in the tree anymore, perhaps they switched to something else.
>> 
>> That is the device_move -> kobject_move case. 
>
> Yes. bluetooth also uses it, IIRC.

Yes.

>> Very similar (and nice
>> if we can figure out how to combine them).
>
> Sounds like a good idea. I can test the _move() stuff (after I've
> managed to find some time to try this patchset...)

Do you remember if we have ever sorted out the race between _move
and module unload/directory teardown at the sysfs level?

Eric