Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 17 Aug 2008 20:48:51 -0700 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: linux-next: Tree for August 14 (sysfs/acpi errors) |
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On Sun, Aug 17, 2008 at 05:53:07AM +0200, Andi Kleen wrote: > Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> writes: > >> No! > > > > What you are doing here is wrong, trying to create two files with the > > same name. You just should not be doing that at all, it's that simple. > > Fix the broken code/link order, don't paper it over in the sysfs layer. > > Sorry, but relying on link order for anything is a mistake. It is subtle > and fragile and just means it'll eventually break again because it's > near impossible to properly maintain.
We rely on link order for all sorts of things, this isn't new at all.
thanks,
greg k-h
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