Re: [PATCH 2a/7] SCST core / sysfs interface

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On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 11:05:49AM +0100, Bart Van Assche wrote:
> Apparently patch 2/7 did not make it to the linux-scsi mailing list, probably
> because it was too big. So I'm resending the part of that patch that underwent
> the most changes since the previous time the SCST core was posted, namely the
> sysfs interface. Please let me know if other parts of the core should be posted
> again for review on the linux-scsi mailing list too.
> 
> This is what has been changed in the sysfs code since the previous time the
> SCST core was posted for review:
> - Instead of creating kernel objects in /sys/kernel/scst_tgt, the
>   bus/driver/device infastructure is now used.
> - The sysfs worker thread has been eliminated.
> -  A locking strategy for scst_mutex versus sysfs locking has been defined.
> - Several races between registration and unregistration functions have been fixed.
> - Several wait loops and state variables have been eliminated.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/scst/SysfsRules b/Documentation/scst/SysfsRules

That's fine, but you need to properly create the files in
Documentation/ABI for your sysfs files.  Please do that as well.

thanks,

greg k-h
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