From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262820AbULRDA1 (ORCPT ); Fri, 17 Dec 2004 22:00:27 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262827AbULRDA1 (ORCPT ); Fri, 17 Dec 2004 22:00:27 -0500 Received: from mail.kroah.org ([69.55.234.183]:4542 "EHLO perch.kroah.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262820AbULRDAP (ORCPT ); Fri, 17 Dec 2004 22:00:15 -0500 Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 18:57:59 -0800 From: Greg KH To: "Theodore Ts'o" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] debugfs for 2.6.10-rc3 Message-ID: <20041218025759.GA27152@kroah.com> References: <20041216213645.GA9710@kroah.com> <20041218023335.GA19699@thunk.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20041218023335.GA19699@thunk.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Dec 17, 2004 at 09:33:35PM -0500, Theodore Ts'o wrote: > On Thu, Dec 16, 2004 at 01:36:45PM -0800, Greg KH wrote: > > I've added debugfs to my bk driver tree (located at > > bk://kernel.bkbits.net/gregkh/linux/driver-2.6) so it will show up in > > the next -mm release. > > Debugfs is a very natural name, but it will undoubtedly cause > confusion since we already have debugfs(8) in e2fsprogs. One is a > filesystem, and the other is a user-mode command, so it's not a total > name collision, but it could cause some communication mixups. > > On the other hand, I couldn't think of a better name, so perhaps we > should just live with it. I did want to point out the potential > problem now while there's still a chance to change it, though.... I agree about the name clash (I pointed it out in my original debugfs post) and like you, I couldn't think of a better name either. Think of it like a trademark, they both have the same name, yet they live in different locations, hence they are both allowed to exist :) thanks, greg k-h