Re: [RFC] fix sysfs symlinks

[Jeff Garzik]

viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 16, 2004 at 03:37:32PM -0700, Greg KH wrote:
>
>
> > Since when did we ever assume that renaming a kobject would rename the
> > symlinks that might point to it?  Renaming kobjects are a hack that way,
> > if you use them, you need to be aware of this limitation.
>
>
> Since we assume that these symlinks actually reflect some relationship
> between the objects and are really needed for something.  If they are
> not - why the hell do we keep them at all?


I was wondering the same thing :)

Ideally one would think that userland can deduce relationships by 
looking at the attribute information sysfs already provides -- and if 
not, it's just one more bit of info to export via sysfs.

	Jeff



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