From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from relay.sgi.com (relay1.corp.sgi.com [137.38.102.111]) by oss.sgi.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 479B37F95 for ; Thu, 3 Sep 2015 13:39:57 -0500 (CDT) Received: from cuda.sgi.com (cuda2.sgi.com [192.48.176.25]) by relay1.corp.sgi.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 246088F8066 for ; Thu, 3 Sep 2015 11:39:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mx1.redhat.com (mx1.redhat.com [209.132.183.28]) by cuda.sgi.com with ESMTP id F22w8ENThcLQfgXd (version=TLSv1 cipher=AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Thu, 03 Sep 2015 11:39:56 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2015 13:39:53 -0500 From: "Bill O'Donnell" Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] xfs: create symlink proc/fs/xfs/stat to sys/fs/xfs/stats Message-ID: <20150903183953.GA9848@redhat.com> References: <1441298187-29064-1-git-send-email-billodo@redhat.com> <1441298187-29064-3-git-send-email-billodo@redhat.com> <20150903175757.GB10397@birch.djwong.org> <55E89239.60305@sandeen.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <55E89239.60305@sandeen.net> List-Id: XFS Filesystem from SGI List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Errors-To: xfs-bounces@oss.sgi.com Sender: xfs-bounces@oss.sgi.com To: Eric Sandeen Cc: xfs@oss.sgi.com, "Darrick J. Wong" On Thu, Sep 03, 2015 at 01:32:25PM -0500, Eric Sandeen wrote: > On 9/3/15 12:57 PM, Darrick J. Wong wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 03, 2015 at 11:36:26AM -0500, billodo wrote: > >> As a part of the work to move xfs global stats from procfs to sysfs, > >> this patch creates the symlink from proc/fs/xfs/stat to sys/fs/xfs/stats. > >> > >> Signed-off-by: Bill O'Donnell > >> --- > >> fs/xfs/xfs_stats.c | 8 ++++++-- > >> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > >> > >> diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_stats.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_stats.c > >> index 856cf57..ad435f1 100644 > >> --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_stats.c > >> +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_stats.c > >> @@ -244,9 +244,13 @@ xfs_init_procfs(void) > >> if (!proc_mkdir("fs/xfs", NULL)) > >> goto out; > >> > >> - if (!proc_create("fs/xfs/stat", 0, NULL, > >> - &xfs_stat_proc_fops)) > >> + if (!proc_symlink("fs/xfs/stat", NULL, > >> + "/sys/fs/xfs/stats/stats")) > > > > Uh.... is it actually guaranteed that sysfs is mounted on /sys now? > > > > I sort of recall gregkh grumbling years ago that sysfs can be mounted anywhere, > > and that /proc shouldn't hardcode links to it. But that's just handwaving on > > my part. > > You can blame me for that idea. At least one other driver does > do it, though; of_core_init(): > > proc_symlink("device-tree", NULL, "/sys/firmware/devicetree/base"); > > worst-case scenario, your "legacy" stats file will be a broken symlink... > > -Eric > I'm still looking for something in documentation that dictates such a requirement regarding symlinks to sysfs elements. -Bill > > --D > > > >> + { > >> + printk(KERN_INFO "failed to created fs/xfs/stat symlink\n"); > >> goto out_remove_xfs_dir; > >> + } > >> + > >> #ifdef CONFIG_XFS_QUOTA > >> if (!proc_create("fs/xfs/xqmstat", 0, NULL, > >> &xqmstat_proc_fops)) > >> -- > >> 2.4.3 > _______________________________________________ xfs mailing list xfs@oss.sgi.com http://oss.sgi.com/mailman/listinfo/xfs