Where has the the owner field of struct proc_dir_entry gone? [ Linux Kernel ]

Question

According to the list of API changes in the 2.6 kernel series on LWN the .owner field of struct proc_dir_entry was removed in the 2.6.30 Kernel.

So here's a couple of questions:

1. Was it really ever necessary or useful to set this field?
2. Has the field just been moved somewhere else, or permanently deleted?

I ask the first question because while the LKMPG set's this field in many of it's examples, procfs_example.c from the Kernel Documentation never does.

Answer 1

I am not a linux kernel expert, but maybe this entry makes some sense to you:

http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/1/26/342

HTH.

Answer 2

You may want to have a look at the bug filed in bugzilla.kernel.org. It has complete description of the issue and possible solution. Bugid is 12454
Hope this answers your question.