Re: [RFC] New kobject/kset/ktype documentation and example code

Greg KH
2007-11-29T06:09:25Z

On Wed, Nov 28, 2007 at 12:45:45PM +0100, Cornelia Huck wrote:
> On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 15:02:52 -0800,
> Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> wrote:
> > - A kset can provide a set of default attributes that all kobjects that
> > belong to it automatically inherit and have created whenever a kobject
> > is registered belonging to the kset.
>
> Hm, the default attributes are provided by the ktype?

Yes, now fixed.

> > The uevent function will be called when the uevent is about to be sent to
> > userspace to allow more environment variables to be added to the uevent.
>
> It may be helpful to mention which uevents are by default created by
> the kobject core (KOBJ_ADD, KOBJ_DEL, KOBJ_MOVE).

Is this really needed?

> > - refcount is the kobject's reference count; it is initialized by kobject_init()
>
> There is no field called "refcount"; the embedded struct kref kref is
> initialized by kobject_init().

now removed, thanks.

> > Often, much of the initialization of a kobject is handled by the layer that
> > manages the containing kset. See the sample/kobject/kset-example.c for how
> > this is usually handled.
>
> Do we also want to mention kobject_rename() and kobject_move(), or are
> those functions so esoteric that most people don't want to know about
> them?

They can be found in the kerneldoc api reference if they are needed :)

thanks,

greg k-h