Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2006 09:20:54 -0800
From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: Dave Peterson <dsp@llnl.gov>
Cc: "Randy.Dunlap" <rdunlap@xenotime.net>, arjan@infradead.org,
       linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, torvalds@osdl.org, alan@redhat.com,
       gregkh@kroah.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] EDAC: core EDAC support code
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On Tue, Mar 07, 2006 at 09:03:19AM -0800, Dave Peterson wrote:
> On Monday 06 March 2006 10:22, Randy.Dunlap wrote:
> > On Mon, 6 Mar 2006 10:14:22 -0800 Dave Peterson wrote:
> > > On Sunday 05 March 2006 02:30, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> > > > On Sun, 2006-03-05 at 11:18 +0100, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> > > > > > +/* Main MC kobject release() function */
> > > > > > +static void edac_memctrl_master_release(struct kobject *kobj)
> > > > > > +{
> > > > > > +	debugf1("EDAC MC: " __FILE__ ": %s()\n", __func__);
> > > > > > +}
> > > > > > +
> > > > >
> > > > > ehhh how on earth can this be right?
> > > >
> > > > oh and this stuff also violates the "one value per file" rule; can we
> > > > fix that urgently before it becomes part of the ABI in 2.6.16??
> > >
> > > Ok, I'll admit to being a bit clueless about this.  I'm not familiar
> > > with the "one value per file" rule; can someone please explain?
> >
> > it's in Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.txt
> > Strongly preferred.
> 
> Ok, I assume the comment refers to the following:
> 
>     Attributes should be ASCII text files, preferably with only one value
>     per file. It is noted that it may not be efficient to contain only
>     value per file, so it is socially acceptable to express an array of
>     values of the same type.
> 
> I was initially a bit confused because I thought the comment
> specifically pertained to the piece of code shown above.  I need to
> take a closer look at the EDAC sysfs code - I'm not as familiar with
> some of its details as I should be.  Thanks for pointing out the
> issue.

How else should we word the above text so that people realize that it
pertains to them?  You aren't the first person to ignore it, so there is
a real problem here :(

thanks,

greg k-h
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