Re: git: 0fce2dc15730 - main - LinuxKPI,lindebugfs: add u8 base type and blob support

From: Bjoern A. Zeeb <bz_at_FreeBSD.org>
Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2023 22:29:19 UTC
On Mon, 6 Feb 2023, John Baldwin wrote:

Hi John,

> On 11/28/22 9:24 AM, Bjoern A. Zeeb wrote:
>> The branch main has been updated by bz:
>> 
>> URL: 
>> https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=0fce2dc1573019d0732f33fa7c26cc228655d3e8
>> 
>> commit 0fce2dc1573019d0732f33fa7c26cc228655d3e8
>> Author:     Bjoern A. Zeeb <bz@FreeBSD.org>
>> AuthorDate: 2022-10-22 18:12:16 +0000
>> Commit:     Bjoern A. Zeeb <bz@FreeBSD.org>
>> CommitDate: 2022-11-28 17:21:50 +0000
>>
>>      LinuxKPI,lindebugfs: add u8 base type and blob support
>>           Add debugfs_create_u8() based on other already present 
>> implementations.
>>      Add a read-only implementation for debugfs_create_blob().
>>           Both are needed for iwlwifi debugfs support.
>
> This passes kernel pointers to copyout because debugfs is kind of broken due 
> to
> quirks in how linux file operations are implemented.

I'll take this offline with you and jfree@ as there's also another open
review for similar reasons and confusions.  We should get the larger
picture fixed.

/bz

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Bjoern A. Zeeb                                                     r15:7