linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/5] notifiers: split notifier.h into subsystem headers

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Message-Id: <20110621.234211.421102945649677953.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 21 Jun 2011 23:42:11 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	amwang@...hat.com
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] notifiers: split notifier.h into subsystem headers

From: Amerigo Wang <amwang@...hat.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 14:35:17 +0800

> Now we define all kinds of notifiers in notifier.h, this is not
> necessary at all, since different subsystems use different
> notifiers, they are almost non-related with each other.
> 
> This can also save much build time. Suppose I add a new netdevice
> event, really I don't have to recompile all the source, just network
> related. Without this patch, all the source will be recompiled.
> 
> I move the notify events near to their subsystem notifier registers,
> so that they can be found more easily.
> 
> In case of conflicts, I hope Andrew Morton would take the whole
> patchset, rather than different subsystem maintainers take their own.
> 
> Signed-off-by: WANG Cong <amwang@...hat.com>

For networking bits:

Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
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