Re: [PATCH] umode_t changes from Adam's mini-devfs

Adam J. Richter (adam@yggdrasil.com)
Sat, 11 Jan 2003 14:16:13 -0800


Christoph Hellwig wrote:
>The use of umode_t instead of devfs-specific char vs block #defines
>in Adam's mini-devfs patch makes sense independant of whether his patch
>should get merged. While reviewing his changes I also notices that
>most of the number allocation functionality in devfs has no business
>beeing exported. In addition I cleaned up devfs_alloc_devnum/
>devfs_dealloc_devnum a bit.

It looks good to me, although I haven't tried it or fully
comprehended every line of Christoph's devfs_{,de}alloc_devnum cleanup
(I have looked at it a bit before sending this email though).

One really minor suggestion: perhaps Christoph could add an
entry in the giant change log in fs/devfs/util.c so that people know
who to contact if there is a problem with his number allocation
change.

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