Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 7 Sep 2009 14:30:47 -0700 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/5] debugfs - Fix mount directory of debugfs by default in events.txt |
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On Mon, Sep 07, 2009 at 09:15:14PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote: > On Mon, 2009-09-07 at 11:55 -0700, Greg KH wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 07, 2009 at 02:48:57PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote: > > > On Mon, 2009-09-07 at 21:37 +0900, GeunSik Lim wrote: > > > > > > > > >From 99e8ab48d783e619329c31e8f91e4384729a2e8b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > > > > From: GeunSik,Lim <leemgs1@gmail.com> > > > > Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2009 20:34:19 +0900 > > > > Subject: [PATCH 1/5] Fix mount directory of debugfs by default in events.txt > > > > > > > > We need common default directory of denbugfs for consistency. > > > > (debugfs's default directory is /sys/kernel/debug/ by debugfs.) > > > > > > I'd rather we fix that brain-dead default. > > > > Um, why is that "brain-dead"? It was discussed many times when debugfs > > first came out and this was what was decided on. > > From what people tell me it wasn't a clear consensus.
Specifics please.
> > So what is the problem? > > Its not related to sysfs in any way I can discover,
So, other filesystems are mounted in sysfs, and in /proc for many years.
> its not consistent with most of the other virtual fs',
What do you mean by this?
> and its way too much typing.
tab completion is your friend, as is environment variables. Don't choose stuff just because you are lazy :)
> we don't mount /dev, /proc, /sys in weird places either, so why should > we mount /debug in a cumbersome location.
Because it is a _kernel_ debug thing, not a system-level debug thing. What would userspace developers think about /debug ? Why would they care about such a thing?
As much as we tend to ignore it, kernel developers are not the primary, or only, users of Linux :)
thanks,
greg k-h
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