Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] [RFC] sysfs support for xen linux

[Keir Fraser <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 9 Jan 2006, at 23:35, Mike D. Day wrote:

> This patch is the first step toward instrumenting xen through sysfs, 
> and toward migrating the /proc/xen files to /sys/xen.
> The major component is a set of kernel functions that hopefully make 
> adding files to /sys/xen as  easy as adding files to /proc/xen. A 
> smaller file adds xen version information by creating a file under 
> /sys/xen/version.
> I am looking for feedback on the approach and usefulness of the sysfs 
> support functions. The next step is to add support for sysfs binary 
> files and to experiment with implementing /proc/xen/privcmd as 
> /sysfs/xen/privcmd
xen_sysfs.c looks to contain a lot of code that I would expect to be 
part of a generic sysfs library. Does every subsystem that uses sysfs 
really have to implement all that stuff for itself?
(I am not a sysfs expert, by the way :-).

 -- Keir


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