Re: [PATCH] Symlink /sys/class/block to /sys/block (fwd)

Re: [PATCH] Symlink /sys/class/block to /sys/block (fwd)

[Malcolm Rowe]

Greg KH writes: 

>> Following the discussion in [1], the attached patch creates /sys/class/block
>> as a symlink to /sys/block. The patch applies to 2.6.11-rc4-bk7.   
>> 
>> Please cc: me on any replies - I'm not subscribed to the mailing list. 
> Hm, your patch is linewrapped, and can't be applied :(

Bah, and I did send it to myself first, but I guess my mailer un-flowed it 
for me :-(.  I'll try to find a better mailer. 

> But more importantly:
>> static void disk_release(struct kobject * kobj)
> 
> Did you try to remove a disk (like a usb device) and see what happens
> here?  Hint, this isn't the proper place to remove the symlink...

Er, yeah. Oops. 

*Is* there a sensible place to remove the symlink from, though?  Nobody 
seems to call subsystem_unregister(&block_subsys), which is the place I'd 
expect to add a call to, and I can't see anything that's otherwise 
obvious... 

Regards,
Malcolm 

[resent using the right address for linux-kernel. Sorry for the duplicate, 
Greg]