From: Denis Kenzior <denkenz@gmail.com>
To: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>
Cc: Clayton Craft <clayton@craftyguy.net>, iwd@lists.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH] wiphy: include libgen.h to fix implicit def. with musl libc
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2024 10:46:54 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <a64273d2-e585-4e48-a35a-38384b79202c@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <BC62FEA8-DA18-4084-A5B6-A96C82AE799B@holtmann.org>
Hi Marcel,
On 2/14/24 10:39, Marcel Holtmann wrote:
> Hi Denis,
>
>>> Add a _get_driver is a good idea as well, but what is the reason for l_sysctl since sysctl is some specific system call.
>>
>> l_sysctl is used to write stuff into procfs or sysfs. Naming comes from the sysctl(8) utility.
>
> actually no. sysctl just handles /proc/sys/. It has nothing to do with sysfs.
You're right about sysctl. ell used the same naming since it was meant to
control net/ipv* kernel parameters. However, the same API can be used inside
sysfs since the semantics are identical.
If you don't like l_sysctl_get_driver, then lets call it l_sysfs_get_driver().
Regards,
-Denis
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-02-14 16:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-02-12 18:47 [PATCH] wiphy: include libgen.h to fix implicit def. with musl libc Clayton Craft
2024-02-13 23:09 ` Denis Kenzior
2024-02-14 0:13 ` Clayton Craft
2024-02-14 7:03 ` Marcel Holtmann
2024-02-14 16:26 ` Denis Kenzior
2024-02-14 16:30 ` Marcel Holtmann
2024-02-14 16:35 ` Denis Kenzior
2024-02-14 16:39 ` Marcel Holtmann
2024-02-14 16:46 ` Denis Kenzior [this message]
2024-02-14 16:52 ` Marcel Holtmann
2024-03-14 22:30 ` Clayton Craft
2024-03-15 13:49 ` Denis Kenzior
2024-03-15 22:09 ` Clayton Craft
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