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From: Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de>
To: Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/7] debugfs: add debugfs_create_int
Date: Sun, 3 Jul 2011 09:23:29 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110703162329.GA28131@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1309702581-16863-3-git-send-email-akinobu.mita@gmail.com>

On Sun, Jul 03, 2011 at 11:16:16PM +0900, Akinobu Mita wrote:
> Introduce debugfs_create_int() for creating a debugfs file that is used to
> read and write an int value.

Um, what's wrong with the existing s32 and s64 versions that debugfs
already provides?

userspace doesn't know what "int" means for the kernel as it might be
running in 32bit mode with a 64bit kernel.  That is why this isn't a
good idea, so please convert your other patch to use the existing api
and change the variable type in your patch.

greg k-h

  reply	other threads:[~2011-07-03 16:23 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-07-03 14:16 [PATCH 0/7] notifier error injection Akinobu Mita
2011-07-03 14:16 ` [PATCH 1/7] pm: improve error code of pm_notifier_call_chain() Akinobu Mita
2011-07-03 17:15   ` Pavel Machek
2011-07-04  5:32     ` Akinobu Mita
2011-07-07 21:06       ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2011-07-08 15:50         ` Akinobu Mita
2011-07-08 18:59           ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2011-07-03 14:16 ` [PATCH 2/7] debugfs: add debugfs_create_int Akinobu Mita
2011-07-03 16:23   ` Greg KH [this message]
2011-07-04  5:31     ` Akinobu Mita
2011-07-04 15:32       ` Greg KH
2011-07-05  4:42         ` Akinobu Mita
2011-07-03 14:16 ` [PATCH 3/7] fault-injection: notifier error injection Akinobu Mita
2011-07-03 17:16   ` Pavel Machek
2011-07-04  5:35     ` Akinobu Mita
2011-07-03 14:16 ` [PATCH 4/7] cpu: CPU " Akinobu Mita
2011-07-03 14:16 ` [PATCH 5/7] PM: PM " Akinobu Mita
2011-07-07 21:14   ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2011-07-08 15:56     ` Akinobu Mita
2011-07-08 17:43       ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2011-07-03 14:16 ` [PATCH 6/7] memory: memory " Akinobu Mita
2011-07-03 14:16 ` [PATCH 7/7] powerpc: pSeries reconfig " Akinobu Mita

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