From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Benjamin LaHaise Subject: Re: [1/4] kevent: core files. Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 14:44:57 -0400 Message-ID: <20060623184457.GA13617@kvack.org> References: <20060622171436.GA26161@2ka.mipt.ru> <20060623070933.GA20291@2ka.mipt.ru> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: David Miller , netdev@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from kanga.kvack.org ([66.96.29.28]:18345 "EHLO kanga.kvack.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751917AbWFWSqJ (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Jun 2006 14:46:09 -0400 To: Evgeniy Polyakov Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060623070933.GA20291@2ka.mipt.ru> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On Fri, Jun 23, 2006 at 11:09:34AM +0400, Evgeniy Polyakov wrote: > This patch includes core kevent files: > - userspace controlling > - kernelspace interfaces > - initialisation > - notification state machines We don't need yet another event mechanism in the kernel, so I don't see why the new syscalls should be added when they don't interoperate with existing solutions. If your results are enough to sway akpm that it is worth taking the patches, then it would make sense to merge the code with the already in-tree APIs. -ben