Re: sysfs filenames with spaces

From: Pavel Machek
Date: Tue Oct 13 2020 - 13:17:59 EST


On Mon 2020-10-05 19:41:15, Joe Perches wrote:
> This doesn't seem like a great idea to me.
>
> For my system I've got:
>
> /sys/devices/platform/Fixed MDIO bus.0/
> /sys/bus/platform/drivers/int3401 thermal/
> /sys/bus/platform/drivers/int3403 thermal/
> /sys/bus/platform/drivers/int3400 thermal/
> /sys/bus/mdio_bus/drivers/Generic PHY/
> /sys/bus/mdio_bus/drivers/Generic Clause 45 PHY/
> /sys/bus/pnp/drivers/i8042 aux/
> /sys/bus/pnp/drivers/i8042 kbd/
> /sys/bus/i2c/drivers/CHT Whiskey Cove PMIC/
>
> Could these filenames be avoided in the future or
> even renamed today?

Does not look like great idea to me, either. Hmm. Is there filename
with "/" in it? :-)

But I guess you'd need to cc relevant maintainers and that this is
going to be a bit of whack-a-mole.

Best regards,
Pavel

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