linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH] firmware_classs: change val uevent's type to bool

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Date:	Wed, 26 Jan 2011 10:23:39 +0000
From:	"Berg, Johannes" <johannes.berg@...el.com>
To:	Bob Liu <lliubbo@...il.com>
CC:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"chrisw@...s-sol.org" <chrisw@...s-sol.org>,
	"Winkler, Tomas" <tomas.winkler@...el.com>,
	"dmitry.torokhov@...il.com" <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
	"gregkh@...e.de" <gregkh@...e.de>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] firmware_classs: change val uevent's type to bool


________________________________________
From: Bob Liu [lliubbo@...il.com]
Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 11:03
To: Berg, Johannes
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org; chrisw@...s-sol.org; Winkler, Tomas; dmitry.torokhov@...il.com; gregkh@...e.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH] firmware_classs: change val uevent's type to bool

On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 5:56 PM, Berg, Johannes <johannes.berg@...el.com> wrote:
> @@ -463,7 +463,8 @@ fw_create_instance(struct firmware *firmware, const char *fw_name,
>        f_dev->parent = device;
>        f_dev->class = &firmware_class;
>
> -       dev_set_uevent_suppress(f_dev, true);
> +       if (uevent)
> +               dev_set_uevent_suppress(f_dev, true);
>
> Everything but this is a no-op basically, but you didn't even describe this change?
>


Hmm.. Sorry for that, but I mentioned that by "fix a place missing
uevent check".
I added this check because I think it should be paired with following
dev_set_uevent_suppress(f_dev, false).

I don't think it should -- if you don't want uevents, then they should _always_ be suppressed, right?

johannes
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