On Thu, 29 Jan 2015 13:11:13 -0500, David Legault said: > I'm working on some linux kernel driver stuff and I have a fake path called > /dev/blah/whatever that points to /dev/block/real_device. And *why* is kernel code trying to follow a symlink, anyhow? (Hint: there's probably (a) data you want at the other end of the symlink and (b) a better kernel API for getting at that data, which is why you can't find examples of following symlinks. ;)
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