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

Alexander Aring
2024-08-25T19:54:24Z

Hi,

On Sat, Aug 24, 2024 at 1:18 AM Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
>
> 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>
>

note that I added the comments the kernel test robot pointed out. [0]

Thanks.

- Alex

[0] https://lore.kernel.org/gfs2/20240819183742.2263895-9-aahringo@redhat.com/T/#u