Re: [PATCH] block: Revert "[SCSI] genhd: add a new attribute "alias" in gendisk"

Karel Zak
2011-11-09T19:51:57Z

On Wed, Nov 09, 2011 at 11:30:00AM -0600, James Bottomley wrote:
> On Wed, 2011-11-09 at 08:25 -0800, Tejun Heo wrote:
> > This reverts commit a72c5e5eb738033938ab30d6a634b74d1d060f10.
[...]
> No, I can't agree with this ... if you propose a working alternative,
> I'm listening, but in the absence of one, I think the hack fills a gap

"The hack fills a gap" -- the definitive guide to Operation System
API designing by James Bottomley; ISBN-666-666.

;-)

If you open this Pandora's box then one day end-users will ask for
the feature in all userspace utils. It's not about printk() only,
it's about aliases for block devices. It's pretty invasive from
long-term point of view...

Karel

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