netdev - Re: [patch 1/1][RFC]Handle uevent per namespace

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Date:	Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:14:54 +0100
From:	"Kay Sievers" <kay.sievers@...y.org>
To:	"Daniel Lezcano" <dlezcano@...ibm.com>
Cc:	"Linux Kernel Mailing List" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Linux Netdev List" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Greg KH" <greg@...ah.com>, "David Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"Linux Containers" <containers@...ts.osdl.org>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	"Benjamin Thery" <benjamin.thery@...l.net>
Subject: Re: [patch 1/1][RFC]Handle uevent per namespace

On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 11:50, Daniel Lezcano <dlezcano@...ibm.com> wrote:

 struct kobject {
 	const char		*name;
 	struct list_head	entry;
@@ -63,6 +65,9 @@ struct kobject {
 	struct kset		*kset;
 	struct kobj_type	*ktype;
 	struct sysfs_dirent	*sd;
+#ifdef CONFIG_NET
+	struct net              *net;
+#endif
 	struct kref		kref;
 	unsigned int state_initialized:1;
 	unsigned int state_in_sysfs:1;

We cannot do that. Network specific stuff does not belong into
kobjects. Kobjects are not in any way subsystem specific, and we need
to keep it that way.

Thanks,
Kay
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