Bryan,
On Fri, Jan 20, 2006 at 08:47:24AM -0800, Bryan O'Sullivan wrote:
> On Fri, 2006-01-20 at 07:20 -0800, Stephane Eranian wrote:
>
> > +static struct pfm_smpl_fmt dfl_fmt={
> > + .fmt_name = "default_format2",
> > + .fmt_uuid = PFM_DFL_SMPL_UUID,
>
> What's the point of using a UUID here?
>
Every sampling buffer format, even the default, needs a name.
Not all measurements need a kernel level sampling buffer. In that
case they pass the NULL uuid (uuid = all zeroes).
> > +static struct file_system_type pfm_fs_type = {
> > + .name = "pfmfs",
> > + .get_sb = pfmfs_get_sb,
> > + .kill_sb = kill_anon_super,
> > +};
>
> A comment that describes what pfmfs is for would be useful here, and
> perhaps a warning to hold one's nose, if the code that follows is
> anything to go by :-)
>
Yes, this is sort of obscure. But any file descriptor must be associated
with a filesystem (and super block). This creates the minimum skeleton
for such filesystem. The same technique is used for pipes, tmpfs,...
> > +static ctl_table pfm_ctl_table[]={
>
> Why are you using sysctls, and not sysfs? Why is this in a file that
> claims to be procfs-related?
>
Because I tried regrouping all the /proc AND related interface into a single
C file.
> Also, it looks like much of the procfs goo is actually not related to
> individual processes, really doesn't belong in /proc at all, and should
> move to some place in sysfs somewhere.
>
Well, it is not clear to me what criteria is used for /sys vs /proc. Yours
is based on whether the information is process or system-wide based. That
looks reasonable, yet I can see evidence of just the opposite in /proc
today, such as /proc/meminfo. Is this maintained because of backward compatibility?
--
-Stephane
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