Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 1 May 2006 22:37:03 -0700 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] s390: Hypervisor File System |
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On Tue, May 02, 2006 at 07:23:41AM +0200, Kay Sievers wrote: > If the count of values handled in a transaction is not to high and it > makes sense to group these values logically, why not just create an > attribute group for every transaction, which creates dummy attributes > to fill the values in, and use an "action" file in that group, that > commits all the values at once to whatever target? That should fit into > the ioctl use pattern, right?
That's what configfs can handle easier. I think the issue is getting stuff from the kernel in one atomic snapshot (all the different file values from the same point in time.)
thanks,
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