From: "Linus Lüssing" <linus.luessing@c0d3.blue>
To: Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us>
Cc: The list for a Better Approach To Mobile Ad-hoc Networking
<b.a.t.m.a.n@lists.open-mesh.org>,
Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, davem@davemloft.net
Subject: Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH 03/17] batman-adv: Add network_coding and mcast sysfs files to README
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2018 17:43:08 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180327154307.GA2052@otheros> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20161029105628.GE1692@nanopsycho.orion>
On Sat, Oct 29, 2016 at 12:56:28PM +0200, Jiri Pirko wrote:
> >> I strongly believe it is a huge mistake to use sysfs for things like
> >> this. This should be done via generic netlink api.
> >
> >This doesn't change the problem that it is already that way. This patch
> >only adds the list of available files to the README.
>
> Sure. Just found out you did it like that. Therefore I commented. I
> suggest to rework the api to use genl entirely.
Hi Jiri,
Thanks for sharing your thoughts!
Could you explain a bit more on which disadvantages you see in
the usage of sysfs here?
Regards, Linus
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-03-27 15:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 36+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-10-27 19:01 [PATCH 00/17] pull request for net-next: batman-adv 2016-10-27 Simon Wunderlich
2016-10-27 19:01 ` [PATCH 04/17] batman-adv: Add dat, mcast, nc and neighbor debugfs files to README Simon Wunderlich
2016-10-27 19:01 ` [PATCH 05/17] batman-adv: Document new nc, mcast and tpmeter log levels Simon Wunderlich
2016-10-27 19:01 ` [PATCH 07/17] batman-adv: Move batadv_sum_counter to soft-interface.c Simon Wunderlich
2016-10-27 19:01 ` [PATCH 08/17] batman-adv: Remove unused batadv_icmp_user_cmd_type Simon Wunderlich
2016-10-27 19:01 ` [PATCH 09/17] batman-adv: fix batadv_forw_packet kerneldoc for list attribute Simon Wunderlich
2016-10-27 19:01 ` [PATCH 10/17] batman-adv: remove unsed argument from batadv_dbg_arp() function Simon Wunderlich
2016-10-27 19:01 ` [PATCH 11/17] batman-adv: Allow selecting BATMAN V if CFG80211 is not built Simon Wunderlich
2016-10-27 19:01 ` [PATCH 12/17] batman-adv: Less function calls in batadv_is_ap_isolated() after error detection Simon Wunderlich
2016-10-27 19:01 ` [PATCH 13/17] batman-adv: Remove needless init of variables on stack Simon Wunderlich
2016-10-27 19:01 ` [PATCH 14/17] batman-adv: Use proper name for fragments list head Simon Wunderlich
2016-10-27 19:01 ` [PATCH 15/17] batman-adv: Use proper name for gateway " Simon Wunderlich
2016-10-27 19:01 ` [PATCH 16/17] batman-adv: Use octal permissions instead of macros Simon Wunderlich
2016-10-27 19:01 ` [PATCH 17/17] batman-adv: Avoid precedence issues in macros Simon Wunderlich
2016-10-28 21:13 ` Joe Perches
2016-10-28 21:27 ` Sven Eckelmann
2016-10-29 1:56 ` Joe Perches
[not found] ` <1477706184.23018.3.camel-6d6DIl74uiNBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org>
2016-10-29 6:52 ` Sven Eckelmann
[not found] ` <20161027190150.7880-1-sw-2YrNx6rUIHYiY0qSoAWiAoQuADTiUCJX@public.gmane.org>
2016-10-27 19:01 ` [PATCH 01/17] batman-adv: Start new development cycle Simon Wunderlich
2016-10-27 19:01 ` [PATCH 02/17] batman-adv: Add B.A.T.M.A.N. V sysfs files to README Simon Wunderlich
2016-10-27 19:01 ` [PATCH 03/17] batman-adv: Add network_coding and mcast " Simon Wunderlich
2016-10-29 10:33 ` Jiri Pirko
2016-10-29 10:37 ` Sven Eckelmann
2016-10-29 10:56 ` Jiri Pirko
[not found] ` <20161029105628.GE1692-6KJVSR23iU488b5SBfVpbw@public.gmane.org>
2016-10-29 11:46 ` Sven Eckelmann
2016-10-29 13:51 ` Jiri Pirko
2018-03-27 15:43 ` Linus Lüssing [this message]
2018-05-07 6:34 ` Sven Eckelmann
2018-05-20 4:37 ` Sven Eckelmann
2018-05-20 6:19 ` Jiri Pirko
2018-08-04 9:24 ` [B.A.T.M.A.N.] " Antonio Quartulli
[not found] ` <113e9222-3310-71c6-7cec-c253b9b5d194-2CpIooy/SPIKlTDg6p0iyA@public.gmane.org>
2018-08-04 9:36 ` Jiri Pirko
2018-08-04 11:19 ` [B.A.T.M.A.N.] " Antonio Quartulli
[not found] ` <f2964fca-072e-2a6c-4ce9-aa7963465195-2CpIooy/SPIKlTDg6p0iyA@public.gmane.org>
2018-08-04 11:52 ` Jiri Pirko
2016-10-27 19:01 ` [PATCH 06/17] batman-adv: Remove unused function batadv_hash_delete Simon Wunderlich
2016-10-29 20:28 ` [PATCH 00/17] pull request for net-next: batman-adv 2016-10-27 David Miller
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