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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: dave.bueso@gmail.com
Cc: axboe@kernel.dk, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] uniform cdrom: fix mutex unlocking in /proc/sys/dev/cdrom/info file
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 12:31:01 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100615123101.5b9addff.akpm@linux-foundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1276627254.4666.0.camel@cowboy>

On Tue, 15 Jun 2010 14:40:54 -0400
Davidlohr Bueso <dave.bueso@gmail.com> wrote:

> Regarding cdrom_sysctl_info(), I have noticed in several netbooks
> (haven't
> looked in other machines with no cdrom drive) that the
> /proc/sys/dev/cdrom/info file shows no values for the listed entries,
> ie:
> 
> CD-ROM information, Id: cdrom.c 3.20 2003/12/17
> 
> drive name:
> drive speed:
> drive # of slots:
> Can close tray:
> Can open tray:
> ...
> 
> Now, is this expected behavior? If not, should it be changed to
> something
> more descriptive? Perhaps it would affect user space applications that
> read
> the file?

It works for me.

Does your kernel build have CONFIG_SYSCTL=n?  If so, then all that code
is disabled.  That seems a bit bogus to me and perhaps we should enable
at least some of that code by CONFIG_PROCFS instead.


      reply	other threads:[~2010-06-15 19:31 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-06-09 16:56 [PATCH] uniform cdrom: fix mutex unlocking in /proc/sys/dev/cdrom/info file Davidlohr Bueso
2010-06-14 19:34 ` Andrew Morton
2010-06-15 18:40   ` Davidlohr Bueso
2010-06-15 19:31     ` Andrew Morton [this message]

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