Re: [PATCH v3] f2fs: add symbolic link to kobject in sysfs

From: Greg KH
Date: Fri Jul 03 2020 - 10:13:58 EST


On Fri, Jul 03, 2020 at 03:54:20PM +0900, Daeho Jeong wrote:
> From: Daeho Jeong <daehojeong@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Added a symbolic link to directory of sysfs. It will
> create a symbolic link such as "mount_0" and "mount_1" to
> each f2fs mount in the order of mounting filesystem. But
> once one mount point was umounted, that sequential number
> @x in "mount_@x" could be reused by later newly mounted
> point. It will provide easy access to sysfs node even if
> not knowing the specific device node name like sda19 and
> dm-3.
>
> Signed-off-by: Daeho Jeong <daehojeong@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Documentation/filesystems/f2fs.rst | 13 ++++++++++++-

No Documentation/ABI/ entry for your new sysfs file/link?

And what does this help with?

If it's really needed, why don't we do this for all filesystem types?

thanks,

greg k-h