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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/ABI/obsolete/o2cb | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/ABI/stable/o2cb | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | fs/ocfs2/cluster/sys.c | 9 |
4 files changed, 40 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/o2cb b/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/o2cb new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..9c49d8e6c0c --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/o2cb @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +What: /sys/o2cb symlink +Date: Dec 2005 +KernelVersion: 2.6.16 +Contact: ocfs2-devel@oss.oracle.com +Description: This is a symlink: /sys/o2cb to /sys/fs/o2cb. The symlink will + be removed when new versions of ocfs2-tools which know to look + in /sys/fs/o2cb are sufficiently prevalent. Don't code new + software to look here, it should try /sys/fs/o2cb instead. + See Documentation/ABI/stable/o2cb for more information on usage. +Users: ocfs2-tools. It's sufficient to mail proposed changes to + ocfs2-devel@oss.oracle.com. diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/stable/o2cb b/Documentation/ABI/stable/o2cb new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..5eb1545e0b8 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/ABI/stable/o2cb @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +What: /sys/fs/o2cb/ (was /sys/o2cb) +Date: Dec 2005 +KernelVersion: 2.6.16 +Contact: ocfs2-devel@oss.oracle.com +Description: Ocfs2-tools looks at 'interface-revision' for versioning + information. Each logmask/ file controls a set of debug prints + and can be written into with the strings "allow", "deny", or + "off". Reading the file returns the current state. +Users: ocfs2-tools. It's sufficient to mail proposed changes to + ocfs2-devel@oss.oracle.com. diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index bf0e3df8e7a..4101f1f2d1e 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -318,3 +318,13 @@ Why: Not used in-tree. The current out-of-tree users used it to code / infrastructure should be in the kernel and not in some out-of-tree driver. Who: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> + +--------------------------- + +What: /sys/o2cb symlink +When: January 2010 +Why: /sys/fs/o2cb is the proper location for this information - /sys/o2cb + exists as a symlink for backwards compatibility for old versions of + ocfs2-tools. 2 years should be sufficient time to phase in new versions + which know to look in /sys/fs/o2cb. +Who: ocfs2-devel@oss.oracle.com diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/sys.c b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/sys.c index 0c095ce7723..98429fd6849 100644 --- a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/sys.c +++ b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/sys.c @@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ static struct kset *o2cb_kset; void o2cb_sys_shutdown(void) { mlog_sys_shutdown(); + sysfs_remove_link(NULL, "o2cb"); kset_unregister(o2cb_kset); } @@ -68,6 +69,14 @@ int o2cb_sys_init(void) if (!o2cb_kset) return -ENOMEM; + /* + * Create this symlink for backwards compatibility with old + * versions of ocfs2-tools which look for things in /sys/o2cb. + */ + ret = sysfs_create_link(NULL, &o2cb_kset->kobj, "o2cb"); + if (ret) + goto error; + ret = sysfs_create_group(&o2cb_kset->kobj, &o2cb_attr_group); if (ret) goto error; |