From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: Qingjie Xing <xqjcool@gmail.com>
Cc: christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr, willy@infradead.org,
brauner@kernel.org, adobriyan@gmail.com, viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] proc: Add a way to make proc files writable
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2024 19:14:53 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20241031191453.a4c55e8b2bfb4bf8349f4287@linux-foundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20241101013920.28378-1-xqjcool@gmail.com>
On Thu, 31 Oct 2024 18:39:20 -0700 Qingjie Xing <xqjcool@gmail.com> wrote:
> Provide an extra function, proc_create_single_write_data() that
> act like its non-write version but also set a write method in
> the proc_dir_entry struct. Alse provide a macro
> proc_create_single_write to reduces the boilerplate code in the callers.
>
Please fully describe the reason for making this change.
Also, we are reluctant to add a new interface to Linux unless we add
new users of that interface at the same time.
Thanks.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-11-01 2:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-11-01 1:39 [PATCH] proc: Add a way to make proc files writable Qingjie Xing
2024-11-01 2:14 ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2024-11-01 16:35 ` Alexey Dobriyan
2024-11-02 6:41 ` Qingjie Xing
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2024-11-01 1:34 Qingjie Xing
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