KernelTrap: Turning Relayfs Into an API

“A recent discussion and series of patches on the Linux Kernel
mailing list looked at removing relayfs, moving its functionality
into an API using sysfs. Paul Mundt offered the patches
summarizing, ‘this is a small patch set for getting rid of relayfs,
and moving the core of its functionality to kernel/relay.c. The API
is kept consistent for everything but the relayfs-specific bits,
meaning people will have to use other file systems to implement
relay channel buffers.’ The thread offers more explanation as to
the benefits of the change, with quite a number of people
supporting the patches…”

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