From: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>
To: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
Cc: Tim Hockin <thockin@hockin.org>,
Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>, Robert Love <rml@ximian.com>,
akpm@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch] kernel sysfs events layer
Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 12:35:25 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040911113525.GA7148@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20040911004827.GA8139@kroah.com>
On Fri, Sep 10, 2004 at 05:48:27PM -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> > What happened to a formatted string argument? The signal argument can
> > become the pre-formatted string, and someone can provide a wrapper
> > that takes a printf() like format and args.
> > kobject_uevent_printf(kobj, "something bad: 0x%08x", err);
>
> Use an attribute, and have userspace read that formatted argument if
> need be. This keeps the kernel interface much simpler, and doesn't
> allow you to abuse it for things it is not intended for (like error
> reporting stuff...)
Erm, no. This will just encourage folks to sprintf to a buffer first
and pass the result to kobject_uevent_printf().
nitpick: Also, if this isn't taking formatted input, shouldn't the name of the
function lose the 'f' ?
Dave
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-09-11 11:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 105+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-08-31 21:42 [patch] kernel sysfs events layer Robert Love
2004-08-31 21:56 ` Andrew Morton
2004-08-31 21:58 ` Robert Love
[not found] ` <20040831150645.4aa8fd27.akpm@osdl.org>
2004-08-31 22:05 ` Robert Love
2004-09-02 8:34 ` Greg KH
2004-09-02 12:02 ` Daniel Stekloff
2004-09-02 13:26 ` Kay Sievers
2004-09-02 16:27 ` Robert Love
2004-09-02 20:29 ` Kay Sievers
2004-09-02 12:49 ` Kay Sievers
2004-09-02 16:25 ` Robert Love
2004-09-02 18:35 ` Daniel Stekloff
2004-09-02 18:41 ` Robert Love
2004-09-04 0:54 ` Greg KH
2004-09-05 2:18 ` Kay Sievers
2004-09-05 3:01 ` Robert Love
2004-09-05 2:58 ` Robert Love
2004-09-05 7:35 ` Arjan van de Ven
2004-09-05 12:18 ` Kay Sievers
2004-09-06 2:06 ` Kay Sievers
2004-09-10 23:54 ` Greg KH
2004-09-11 0:18 ` Tim Hockin
2004-09-11 0:48 ` Greg KH
2004-09-11 1:23 ` Daniel Stekloff
2004-09-11 4:45 ` Robert Love
2004-09-11 1:45 ` Tim Hockin
2004-09-11 16:56 ` Greg KH
2004-09-11 11:35 ` Dave Jones [this message]
2004-09-11 18:15 ` Greg KH
2004-09-11 4:09 ` Robert Love
2004-09-11 16:53 ` Greg KH
2004-09-13 14:45 ` Kay Sievers
2004-09-15 0:07 ` Greg KH
2004-09-15 1:09 ` Kay Sievers
2004-09-15 1:11 ` Tim Hockin
2004-09-15 2:10 ` Robert Love
2004-09-15 3:17 ` Tim Hockin
2004-09-15 3:42 ` Greg KH
2004-09-15 4:48 ` Tim Hockin
2004-09-15 5:09 ` Greg KH
2004-09-15 6:21 ` Tim Hockin
2004-09-15 6:45 ` Jan Dittmer
2004-09-15 6:47 ` Tim Hockin
2004-09-15 6:50 ` Jan Dittmer
[not found] ` <20040915065515.GA11587@hockin.org>
2004-09-15 7:39 ` Jan Dittmer
2004-09-15 7:56 ` Paul Jackson
2004-09-15 8:32 ` Jan Dittmer
2004-09-15 14:24 ` Paul Jackson
2004-09-15 8:19 ` Karol Kozimor
2004-09-15 15:48 ` Tim Hockin
2004-09-15 16:11 ` Jan Dittmer
2004-09-15 13:14 ` Kay Sievers
2004-09-15 21:27 ` Greg KH
2004-09-15 9:07 ` Andrew Grover
2004-09-15 18:58 ` Robert Love
2004-09-15 3:48 ` Greg KH
2004-09-15 1:19 ` Robert Love
2004-09-15 3:44 ` Greg KH
2004-09-15 19:40 ` Greg KH
2004-09-15 20:10 ` Robert Love
2004-09-15 20:22 ` Tim Hockin
2004-09-15 20:26 ` Robert Love
2004-09-15 20:31 ` Tim Hockin
2004-09-15 20:33 ` Robert Love
2004-09-15 20:47 ` Tim Hockin
2004-09-15 20:49 ` Robert Love
2004-09-15 20:56 ` Tim Hockin
2004-09-15 21:01 ` Robert Love
2004-09-15 21:03 ` Kay Sievers
2004-09-15 21:23 ` Greg KH
2004-09-15 21:26 ` Robert Love
2004-09-15 21:34 ` Tim Hockin
2004-09-15 21:38 ` Robert Love
2004-09-16 1:21 ` Herbert Poetzl
2004-09-16 4:08 ` Greg KH
2004-09-16 14:10 ` Herbert Poetzl
2004-09-16 15:08 ` Greg KH
2004-09-16 18:33 ` Herbert Poetzl
2004-09-15 21:35 ` Greg KH
2004-09-15 21:46 ` Tim Hockin
2004-09-15 21:47 ` Robert Love
2004-09-15 21:38 ` Kay Sievers
2004-09-15 21:39 ` Robert Love
2004-09-15 21:49 ` Tim Hockin
2004-09-15 21:54 ` Greg KH
2004-09-15 20:34 ` Kay Sievers
2004-09-15 21:21 ` Greg KH
2004-09-15 21:26 ` Robert Love
2004-09-15 21:34 ` Kay Sievers
2004-09-15 21:35 ` Greg KH
2005-07-06 22:02 ` Mike Snitzer
2005-07-06 22:18 ` Greg KH
2004-09-05 3:59 ` Robert Love
2004-08-31 21:58 ` Chris Wedgwood
2004-08-31 22:02 ` Robert Love
2004-08-31 22:00 ` Andrew Morton
2004-08-31 22:00 ` Robert Love
2004-08-31 22:10 ` Andrew Morton
2004-08-31 22:08 ` Robert Love
2004-09-01 2:05 ` Daniel Stekloff
2004-09-01 10:07 ` Kay Sievers
2004-09-02 20:45 ` Daniel Stekloff
2004-09-02 22:15 ` Kay Sievers
2004-09-03 23:59 ` Daniel Stekloff
2004-09-04 8:14 ` Greg KH
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