From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Colin Cross <ccross@android.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@hmh.eng.br>,
Bryan Wu <bryan.wu@canonical.com>,
Richard Purdie <rpurdie@rpsys.net>,
linux-leds@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] leds: triggers: send uevent when changing triggers
Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2012 13:42:28 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120807204228.GA32389@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1344369495-21943-1-git-send-email-ccross@android.com>
On Tue, Aug 07, 2012 at 12:58:15PM -0700, Colin Cross wrote:
> Some triggers create sysfs files when they are enabled. Send a uevent
> "change" notification whenever the trigger is changed to allow userspace
> processes such as udev to modify permissions on the new files.
>
> A change notification will also be sent during registration of led class
> devices or led triggers if the default trigger of an led class device
> is found.
Why would a change event be needed at this point in time? Nothing would
have changed from the original "add" notification, right?
greg k-h
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-08-07 20:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-08-07 19:58 [PATCH v2] leds: triggers: send uevent when changing triggers Colin Cross
2012-08-07 20:42 ` Greg KH [this message]
2012-08-07 20:47 ` Colin Cross
2012-08-07 20:56 ` Greg KH
2012-08-07 20:57 ` Greg KH
2012-08-08 1:12 ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2012-08-08 2:16 ` Bryan Wu
2012-08-14 11:34 ` Bryan Wu
2012-08-27 1:43 ` Bryan Wu
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