linux-kernel - [RFC PATCH 1/3] notifiers: Document notifier priority

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Message-Id: <20161101120911.13163-2-bp@alien8.de>
Date:   Tue,  1 Nov 2016 13:09:09 +0100
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>
Cc:     linux-edac <linux-edac@...r.kernel.org>, X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [RFC PATCH 1/3] notifiers: Document notifier priority

From: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>

I always forget which is highest priority so document it.

Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
---
 include/linux/notifier.h | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/include/linux/notifier.h b/include/linux/notifier.h
index 4149868de4e6..6bd3c691e562 100644
--- a/include/linux/notifier.h
+++ b/include/linux/notifier.h
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ typedef	int (*notifier_fn_t)(struct notifier_block *nb,
 struct notifier_block {
 	notifier_fn_t notifier_call;
 	struct notifier_block __rcu *next;
+	/* Notifier priority: numerically higher gets executed earlier */
 	int priority;
 };
 
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