Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 23 Feb 2008 12:28:59 +0000 | From | Al Viro <> | Subject | Re: [RFC 02/11] introduce simple_fs_type |
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On Tue, Feb 19, 2008 at 05:04:37AM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > There is a number of pseudo file systems in the kernel > that are basically copies of debugfs, all implementing the > same boilerplate code, just with different bugs. > > This adds yet another copy to the kernel in the libfs directory, > with generalized helpers that can be used by any of them. > > The most interesting function here is the new "struct dentry * > simple_register_filesystem(struct simple_fs_type *type)", which > returns the root directory of a new file system that can then > be passed to simple_create_file() and similar functions as a > parent.
Don't mix "split the file" with "add new stuff", please. And frankly, I'm not convinced that embedding file_system_type into another struct is a good idea.
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