Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: [dm-devel] [PATCH 0/9] Generate uevents for all DM events | From | Andy Grover <> | Date | Wed, 5 Oct 2016 15:30:49 -0700 |
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On 10/05/2016 10:43 AM, Alasdair G Kergon wrote: > On Wed, Oct 05, 2016 at 10:06:41AM -0700, Andy Grover wrote: >> 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. > > netlink might still be overkill for this at this stage, if it's only > making one thread able to monitor multiple devices efficiently. > > Let's find out your requirements and see if there's anything different from > the ones we've debated before.
Yeah just like Hannes said, I just want to get dm events for multiple dm devices without burning a thread for each device. After your clarification, netlink seems like the best option and not overkill.
Give me a few days and I can have something for you to review.
Thanks -- Regards -- Andy
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