From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261939AbUEJVVN (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 May 2004 17:21:13 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261925AbUEJVUy (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 May 2004 17:20:54 -0400 Received: from mail.kroah.org ([65.200.24.183]:53209 "EHLO perch.kroah.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261880AbUEJVUp (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 May 2004 17:20:45 -0400 Date: Mon, 10 May 2004 14:19:59 -0700 From: Greg KH To: Todd Poynor Cc: linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Synchronous hotplug for kobjects Message-ID: <20040510211959.GB10887@kroah.com> References: <20040510204813.GA20691@dhcp193.mvista.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040510204813.GA20691@dhcp193.mvista.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, May 10, 2004 at 01:48:13PM -0700, Todd Poynor wrote: > As discussed recently, it's expected to be useful to generate > synchronous hotplug events from the kobject subsystem in certain > situations. This patch adds a kobject_hotplug_wait function that issues > a synchronous call. The function should be used for appropriate actions > that require synchronous semantics; please note many hotplug events > would suffer severe performance degradation if issued synchronously, and > one should exercise caution in choosing to use this function. How about I wait until someone really needs this function before adding it? Or do you have a patch that does need it? thanks, greg k-h