On Thu, 2007-12-13 at 17:50 +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote: > * Kay Sievers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > + sa->attr.owner = NULL; > > > > > > sa->attr.name = name; > > > > > > > > > > i'm wondering why doesnt this affect 2.6.23 and later? Does sysfs > > > > > initialize the owner field to NULL automatically? > > > > > > > > Attibutes do not have an owner anymore: > > > > http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=7b595756ec1f49e0049a9e01a1298d53a7faaa15 > > > > > > This one also fails to apply properly at the exact same place has > > > Ingo's previously posted patch. Would need to backport his one. > > > > It depends on a completely reworked sysfs logic, I don't think it > > makes any sense to backport that. > > well, if it fixes a live bug in a still supported stable kernel > release... > > Vincent, could you try to just get rid of all actual uses of > se->attr.owner, within fs/sysfs/*.c? Something like the patch below. > (totally untested - might be fatally broken as well)
How can you think that this is not needed? You can not remove it with sysfs you are patching. Hope this explains it: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=0ab66088c855eca68513bdd7442a426c4b374ced Kay -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
