linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v7 0/2] hid-steam driver with user mode client dection

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Date:   Wed, 28 Mar 2018 23:44:38 +0200
From:   Rodrigo Rivas Costa <rodrigorivascosta@...il.com>
To:     Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@...hat.com>
Cc:     "Pierre-Loup A. Griffais" <pgriffais@...vesoftware.com>,
        Clément VUCHENER <clement.vuchener@...il.com>,
        Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>,
        Cameron Gutman <aicommander@...il.com>,
        lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-input <linux-input@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 0/2] hid-steam driver with user mode client dection

On Wed, Mar 28, 2018 at 08:14:48PM +0200, Rodrigo Rivas Costa wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 26, 2018 at 10:12:19AM +0200, Benjamin Tissoires wrote:
> > Also, I think there will be races if a user changes the value of the
> > parameter while running the system. You might want to add an
> > additional patch that would trigger the mode change on module
> > parameter change.
> 
> True, but the races should be easy to remove, with a simple local
> variable.  About the trigger, I've never seen a trigger on module
> parameter change. Can you give me a hint or example of how to do that?

Never mind, I've found it: module_param_cb().
Moreover, I'll have to keep a global list of steam_devices, just in case
the parameter is changed...

Regards.
Rodrigo