linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] leds: triggers: send uevent when changing triggers

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Message-ID: <20120725143610.GA28588@kroah.com>
Date:	Wed, 25 Jul 2012 07:36:10 -0700
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	Bryan Wu <bryan.wu@...onical.com>
Cc:	Colin Cross <ccross@...roid.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@....eng.br>,
	Richard Purdie <rpurdie@...ys.net>, linux-leds@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] leds: triggers: send uevent when changing triggers

On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 02:11:30PM +0800, Bryan Wu wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 8:32 AM, Colin Cross <ccross@...roid.com> wrote:
> > Some triggers create sysfs files when they are enabled.  Send a uevent
> > "change" notification whenever the trigger is changed to allow userspace
> > processes such as udev to modify permissions on the new files.
> >
> 
> This looks like an workaround only for led trigger, can we fix this in
> sysfs level?

How do you propose doing that?

greg k-h
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