From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.5 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_INVALID, DKIM_SIGNED,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3027BC4338F for ; Tue, 10 Aug 2021 06:35:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from shelob.surriel.com (shelob.surriel.com [96.67.55.147]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B73B060E97 for ; Tue, 10 Aug 2021 06:35:32 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 mail.kernel.org B73B060E97 Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=fail (p=none dis=none) header.from=linuxfoundation.org Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=kernelnewbies.org Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=shelob.surriel.com) by shelob.surriel.com with esmtp (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1mDLM3-000811-KW; Tue, 10 Aug 2021 02:35:15 -0400 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]) by shelob.surriel.com with esmtps (TLS1.2) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1mDLM1-00080a-4Y for kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org; Tue, 10 Aug 2021 02:35:13 -0400 Received: by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 6C56D60E9B; Tue, 10 Aug 2021 06:35:10 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1628577311; bh=0MlOsZpdt27CjZT8u0hLWNXRbC0r9HoIooJxLpXDo1A=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=113n+ktMggo1IETMY0vsNHitek+/+TYudU02iK5w/C0huVvKWgBCRyKlvjrhR1zsB ajT/vNC4ZJdnjQJG9Pdc+r7VnSHcR19ZKVM3+IYtn+uby0c266j8kcYOcrYUewTDqU 05b4BrPq1nL6X4ZFSXQRYWifSbZAHUXbVFiB8erc= Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2021 08:35:08 +0200 From: Greg KH To: Ian Pilcher Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v2 00/10] Add configurable block device LED triggers Message-ID: References: <20210809033217.1113444-1-arequipeno@gmail.com> <20210809205633.4300bbea@thinkpad> <81c128a1-c1b8-0f1e-a77b-6704bade26c0@gmail.com> <20210810004331.0f0094a5@thinkpad> <7b5f3509-5bcd-388b-8d3b-4ea95a9483ad@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <7b5f3509-5bcd-388b-8d3b-4ea95a9483ad@gmail.com> Cc: Marek =?iso-8859-1?Q?Beh=FAn?= , axboe@kernel.dk, kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-block@vger.kernel.org, pavel@ucw.cz, pali@kernel.org, hch@lst.de, linux-leds@vger.kernel.org X-BeenThere: kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: Learn about the Linux kernel List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Errors-To: kernelnewbies-bounces@kernelnewbies.org On Mon, Aug 09, 2021 at 06:50:44PM -0500, Ian Pilcher wrote: > On 8/9/21 5:43 PM, Marek Beh=FAn wrote: > > I confess that I am not very familiar with internal blkdev API. > = > It's mainly a matter of symbol visibility. See this thread from a few > months ago: > = > https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-leds/msg18244.html > = > Now ... my code currently lives in block/, so there isn't actually > anything technically preventing it from iterating through the block > devices. > = > The reactions to Enzo's patch (which you can see in that thread) make me > think that anything that iterates through all block devices is likely to > be rejected, but maybe I'm reading too much into it. > = > = > Greg / Christoph - > = > (As you were the people who expressed disapproval of Enzo's patch to > export block_class and disk_type ...) > = > Can you weigh in on the acceptability of iterating through the block > devices (searching by name) from LED trigger code within the block > subsystem (i.e. no new symbols would need to be exported)? > = > This would allow the trigger to implement the sysfs API that Marek and > Pavel want. No idea, let's see the change first, we can never promise anything :) thanks, greg k-h _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org https://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies