From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Greg KH Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2004 03:54:13 +0000 Subject: Re: [PATCH] udev - make exec_callout() reusable Message-Id: <20040110035413.GC6911@kroah.com> List-Id: References: <20040108183355.GB2788@vrfy.org> In-Reply-To: <20040108183355.GB2788@vrfy.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Jan 10, 2004 at 02:51:22AM +0100, Kay Sievers wrote: > On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 05:11:14PM -0800, Greg KH wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 08, 2004 at 07:33:55PM +0100, Kay Sievers wrote: > > > Here is a patch that switches exec_callout() to be reusable. > > > I want it to be callable in a different context. > > > > Care to hint about what context that would be? :) > > Oh, I dropped the idea. I wanted that some keys are evaluated by a > external program, some sort of a tricky callout. Ah, ok, Pat came and talked to me about something like that today (the author of the scsi-id program.) I was curious as to what you were thinking. > While thinking about it, the idea for dropping all the explicit > methods came up. The callout method converted to only a PROGRAM= key > combinable with every other key seems the cleaner solution. > > But we never know. Maybe some day we need a free callable exec :) Heh, I agree. It is nice code to have around :) greg k-h ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Perforce Software. Perforce is the Fast Software Configuration Management System offering advanced branching capabilities and atomic changes on 50+ platforms. Free Eval! http://www.perforce.com/perforce/loadprog.html _______________________________________________ Linux-hotplug-devel mailing list http://linux-hotplug.sourceforge.net Linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-hotplug-devel