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SubjectRe: Exporting array data in sysfs
On 9/18/06, Rolf Eike Beer <eike-kernel@sf-tec.de> wrote:
> Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> > On 9/18/06, Rolf Eike Beer <eike-kernel@sf-tec.de> wrote:
> >>Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
>
> >>> http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0503.2/1155.html
>
> >> The limitation to 999 entries should go.
> >
> > It is not really a limitation but rather a safeguard. Do you really
> > expect to have arrays with that many attributes?
>
> At least I don't know how much they will be. If the user wants to do crazy
> things... :) I'm currently hacking on a store_n implementation, perhaps I'll
> be able to show some code tomorrow.
>

I do not think you shoudl allow user do crazy things. The memory is
kmalloced so there naturally a limit on number of attrinutes that can
be created. And I am not sure abot usefulness of resizing form
usespace.
Could you give me an example of a user who needs dynamic attribute arrays?

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Dmitry
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