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    kernfs: mark static names with KERNFS_STATIC_NAME · 2063d608
    Tejun Heo authored
    Because sysfs used struct attribute which are supposed to stay
    constant, sysfs didn't copy names when creating regular files.  The
    specified string for name was supposed to stay constant.  Such
    distinction isn't inherent for kernfs.  kernfs_create_file[_ns]()
    should be able to take the same @name as kernfs_create_dir[_ns]()
    
    As there can be huge number of sysfs attributes, we still want to be
    able to use static names for sysfs attributes.  This patch renames
    kernfs_create_file_ns_key() to __kernfs_create_file() and adds
    @name_is_static parameter so that the caller can explicitly indicate
    that @name can be used without copying.  kernfs is updated to use
    KERNFS_STATIC_NAME to distinguish static and copied names.
    
    This patch doesn't introduce any behavior changes.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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