Re: [patch] kernel sysfs events layer

Robert Love
2004-08-31T22:09:57Z

On Tue, 2004-08-31 at 14:58 -0700, Chris Wedgwood wrote:

> I *still* thinking putting all the possible messages into something
> like include/linux/kevent_msg.h is a good idea to prevent people
> creating all sorts of stupid ad-hoc messages over time that userspace
> will ineviitably not be able to track....

I still agree, but since that does not change the API (I'd still want
the signal to be a string) that bit can come later when there are real
users. Or I will take a patch now. ;-)

Since we ditched the payload, the only thing left is the signal, which
is going to be "changed" half the time anyhow.

Robert Love