Re: [PATCH 07/20] sysfs: Simplify sysfs_chmod_file semantics

From: Tejun Heo
Date: Thu May 21 2009 - 02:43:20 EST


Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> From: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Currently every caller of sysfs_chmod_file happens at either
> file creation time to set a non-default mode or in response
> to a specific user requested space change in policy. Making
> timestamps of when the chmod happens and notification of
> a file changing mode uninteresting.
>
> Remove the unnecessary time stamp and filesystem change
> notification, and removes the last of the explicit inotify
> and donitfy support from sysfs.
>
> Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

If Greg is okay with this,

Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>

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