Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 26 May 2009 17:15:09 -0400 (EDT) | From | Steven Rostedt <> | Subject | Re: [RFC PATCH]debugfs:Fix terminology inconsistency of dir name to mount debugfs filesystem. |
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On Tue, 26 May 2009, Greg KH wrote: > > > > The filesystem Nazi's out there will argue that the proper place to mount > > the debugfs filesystem is /sys/kernel/debug. I personally find that > > location annoying. > > Why?
Because it is too much to type ;-)
> > When I created debugfs, I was told that I had to pick a place to mount > it so that everyone could write scripts that "knew" where it would be. > > So we picked /sys/kernel/debug/ and the code creates the mount point to > put it there. Now distros actually mount debugfs at that location. > > So, now you don't like this? After it's become a standard? Ick. > > Becides, /debug/ is pretty presumptious, it's as if debugging the kernel > is a system-wide thing :) > > So please, don't use /debug/ use the standard, defined, and ACTUALLY > USED BY DISTROS TODAY mount point of /sys/kernel/debug/ > > If you want to create your own symlink from /debug/ to that location to > make it easier to type, feel free, but do not hard code any scripts to > use that location, or they are going to break.
All my scripts search /proc/mounts to find where debugfs is mounted, then it uses that.
Hmm, Not sure what packages in the distros use the default. I don't see the debugfs in /etc/fstab in any of my machines.
-- Steve
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