Re: [RFC PATCH 0/6] debugfs: Replace dentry with an opaque handle in debugfs API
From: Al Viro
Date: Mon Feb 10 2025 - 12:01:04 EST
On Mon, Feb 10, 2025 at 11:53:13AM -0500, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> No it will not be fine. You should not be using dentry at all. I thought
> this was going to convert debugfs over to kernfs. The debugfs_node should
> be using kernfs and completely eliminate the use of dentry.
I disagree, actually - kernfs is an awful model for anything, sysfs included...