Re: [PATCH 03/10] sysfs: added __compat_only_sysfs_link_entry_to_kobj()

From: Jarkko Sakkinen
Date: Sun Oct 18 2015 - 07:21:54 EST


On Sun, Oct 18, 2015 at 03:37:16AM +0200, Peter Hüwe wrote:
> Am Freitag, 16. Oktober 2015, 20:40:22 schrieb Jarkko Sakkinen:
> > Added a new function __compat_only_sysfs_link_group_to_kobj() that adds
> > a symlink from attribute or group to a kobject. This needed for
> > maintaining backwards compatibility with PPI attributes in the TPM
> > driver.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> @Greg: Can I get an acked-by or something from you as the sysfs maintainer?

I think everyone was otherwise OK with this with only one contradiction
as I read previous dicussions about this patch:

- This name was propsed by Tejun Heo
- Greg doubted whether it is a good name.

We can fixup to another name if someone says what it would be.

> Thanks,
> Peter

/Jarkko
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