Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH 4/7] Allow sysfs memory directories to be split | From | Dave Hansen <> | Date | Tue, 13 Jul 2010 20:26:56 -0700 |
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On Wed, 2010-07-14 at 09:35 +0900, KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki wrote: > 2. I'd like to write a configfs module for handling memory hotplug even when > sysfs directroy is not created. > Because configfs support rmdir/mkdir, the user (ppc's daemon?) has to do > > When offlining section X. > # insmod configfs_memory.ko > # mount -t configfs none /configfs > # mkdir /configfs/memoryX > # echo offline > /configfs/memoryX/state > # rmdir /configfs/memoryX > > And making this operation as the default bahavior for all arch's memory hotplug may > be better... > > Dave, how do you think ? Because ppc guys uses "probe" interface already, > this can be handled... no ?
I think creating a interface to duplicate the existing sysfs one is a bad idea. I also think removing the existing sysfs one isn't feasible since there are users, and it's truly part of the ABI. So, I'm not really a fan on the configfs interface. :(
I really do think the sysfs interface is fixable. We should at least give it a good shot before largely duplicating its functionality.
-- Dave
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