Re: [dm-devel] [PATCH 0/9] Generate uevents for all DM events

From: Andy Grover
Date: Wed Oct 05 2016 - 13:06:46 EST


On 10/04/2016 11:51 PM, Greg KH wrote:
On Wed, Oct 05, 2016 at 01:40:05AM +0100, Alasdair G Kergon wrote:

We see these as two different categories of notifications, and prefer
the greater flexibility a mechanism independent of uevents would
provide. The team has discussed several alternatives over the years but
didn't make a decision as we've not yet reached a point where we're
straining the existing mechanism too far.

So, no changes need to be made? I'm confused here, who is wanting this
changed?

Hehe, Alasdair and I are both RH but working on different projects. We're not the Borg :)

My project *would* like this added sooner, so I'll work on a revised patchset that uses netlink instead of uevents, and will also work on a revision to uevents.txt that talks about KOBJ_CHANGE and when it should and should not be used, as described by agk, to help out the next person.

Thanks -- Regards -- Andy