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    DateWed, 21 Mar 2007 20:10:42 -0800
    FromAndrew Morton <>
    SubjectRe: Oops after cd /sys/.../cpufreq/; rmmod; cat stats/time_in_state
    On Wed, 21 Mar 2007 21:00:06 -0700 Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de> wrote:
    
    > On Wed, Mar 21, 2007 at 11:51:04PM -0400, Dave Jones wrote:
    > > On Wed, Mar 21, 2007 at 08:07:53PM -0700, Greg KH wrote:
    > > 
    > >  > > After modprobe/rmmod cpufreq/stats directory appears but doesn't get
    > >  > > removed. Should it?
    > >  > Well, one can argue that those stats should never be in sysfs at all
    > >  > anyway, I mean come on, a histogram in sysfs?  That's, not ok.
    > > 
    > > Meh, it's only a cheesy debug thing, so it's not really that big a deal imo.
    > > it could probably move to debugfs (we didn't have that when it was merged iirc)
    > > I doubt anyone really cares enough to bother though I wouldn't
    > > be averse to a patch.
    > 
    > Yeah, I realize this, I'm not trying to find fault, sorry if it came
    > across that way.  And yes, it should move to debugfs some day, but if it
    > does, I'll loose my "what not to put in sysfs" example I use in
    > presentations :)
    > 
    
    I ain't picky, but as a short-term thing it'd be kinda nice if it didn't
    oops the kernel.
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