linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] nvme: make controller 'state' sysfs attribute pollable

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Message-ID: <20170920145931.GA5208@lst.de>
Date:   Wed, 20 Sep 2017 16:59:31 +0200
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To:     Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@...e.de>
Cc:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>, Sagi Grimberg <sagi@...mberg.me>,
        Keith Busch <keith.busch@...el.com>,
        Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.de>,
        Linux NVMe Mailinglist <linux-nvme@...ts.infradead.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailinglist <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] nvme: make controller 'state' sysfs attribute pollable

On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 12:40:32PM +0200, Johannes Thumshirn wrote:
> Notify sysfs about changes of a nvme controller so user-space can watch the
> file via poll() or select() in order to react to a state change.

Userspace has no business polling for the state.