Re: [RFC dlm/next 08/12] kobject: add kset_type_create_and_add() helper

Greg KH
2024-08-24T05:18:09Z

On Wed, Aug 14, 2024 at 10:34:10AM -0400, Alexander Aring wrote:
> Currently there exists the kset_create_and_add() helper that does not
> allow to have a different ktype for the created kset kobject. To allow
> a different ktype this patch will introduce the function
> kset_type_create_and_add() that allows to set a different ktype instead
> of using the global default kset_ktype variable.
>
> In my example I need to separate the created kobject inside the kset by
> net-namespaces. This patch allows me to do that by providing a user
> defined kobj_type structure that implements the necessary namespace
> functionality.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Aring <aahringo@redhat.com>

Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>