Christoph Hellwig writes:
> On Fri, Nov 11, 2005 at 10:47:03AM -0600, Tom Zanussi wrote:
> > This patch adds a mandatory fileops param to relayfs_create_file() and
> > exports that function so that clients can use it to create files
> > defined by their own set of file operations, in relayfs. The purpose
> > is to allow relayfs applications to create their own set of 'control'
> > files alongside their relay files in relayfs rather than having to
> > create them in /proc or debugfs for instance. relayfs_create_file()
> > is also used by relay_open_buf() to create the relay files for a
> > channel. In this case, a pointer to relayfs_file_operations is passed
> > in, along with a pointer to the buffer associated with the file.
>
> Again, NACK, control files don't belong into relayfs.
>
Sure, applications could just as easily create these same files in
/proc, /sys, or /debug, but since relayfs is a filesystem, too, it
seems to me to make sense to take advantage of that and allow them to
be created alongside the relay files they're associated with, in
relayfs.
Tom
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