Re: [RFC PATCHES] Re: Is configfs the right solution forconfiguration based fs?

[Joel Becker]

On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 06:03:42PM +1000, Ben Nizette wrote:
> In the kobject/kset case the separation makes sense as kobjects are
> embedded in things all over the kernel controlling things like ref
> counting, device model glue, hotplug info as well as the sysfs
> representation.  The config_item doesn't have any responsibilities
> outside of the configfs representation (does it?) so the analogy isn't
> 100%.  Though of course the item/group split makes sense if there are
> grander plans for the config_item in the future.

	The config_item is indeed embedded in whatever struct it maps
too.  eg, the ocfs2 nodemanager can have a couple hundred nodes, and
that's one config_item per.  The fs/dlm stuff can have even more nodes.

Joel

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