Re: [RFC PATCH 0/6] debugfs: Replace dentry with an opaque handle in debugfs API

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To: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 0/6] debugfs: Replace dentry with an opaque handle in debugfs API
From: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2025 17:00:16 +0000
Cc: David Reaver <me@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Rafael J . Wysocki" <rafael@xxxxxxxxxx>, Danilo Krummrich <dakr@xxxxxxxxxx>, Christian Brauner <brauner@xxxxxxxxxx>, linux-fsdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, cocci@xxxxxxxx, linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: <20250210115313.69299472@gandalf.local.home>

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...

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