Re: Sysfs and suicidal attributes

Tejun Heo
2007-07-10T08:49:50Z

Cornelia Huck wrote:
>> I like it because it shifts complexity from the drivers into driver
>> core. IOW, the driver model is kinder to drivers that way - the driver
>> writer doesn't have to care whether something is suicidal or not - and I
>> think that's the way we should be headed although we're not good at it yet.
>
> It might be that I misunderstand the idea, but doesn't the device
> driver writer need to consider whether the attribute is suicidal as
> well? (If it is the method that needs to call the sysfs core.)

What I was trying to say was that suicide and murder could be done the
same way from the driver's POV or am I misunderstanding?

> A general immediate disconnect of the buffers (which will be handled in
> a second pass) would be great, but doesn't sound easy.

I haven't thought too hard about actual implementation but it's pretty
specific case. If doing things in generic manner is difficult, there
are plenty of shortcuts to choose from, I think.

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tejun