Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 23 Feb 2004 12:08:04 -0800 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH][2.6.3-mm2] unregister path on devfs_remove |
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Andrey Borzenkov <arvidjaar@mail.ru> wrote: > > The patch implements cleanup of device path on devfs_remove. It does not > use extra counters as was suggested once - rather it simply removes all > empty directories. Manually created directories (and connecting paths) > are preserved and cleaned up on rmdir/unlink. > > The creation/removing of path is not atomic; it will be addressed later. > It apparently requires replacing per-directory locks with global one; > using extra counters does not actually helps here. > > This patch will cause devfs_remove on directories emit warning in most > cases. Removing connecting directories makes no sense with this change > so if it is agreed upon I send patch that removes all > devfs_remove("directory") from kernel.
Well could you please either send that patch or remove the warning? I get way too much mail when -mm kernels start spitting new warnings.
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