linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] kobject: add kernel/uevent

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Message-ID: <20181206150706.GA6417@kroah.com>
Date:   Thu, 6 Dec 2018 16:07:06 +0100
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Peter Rajnoha <prajnoha@...hat.com>
Cc:     rafael@...nel.org, jeyu@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        msekleta@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] kobject: add kernel/uevent_features sysfs file

On Wed, Dec 05, 2018 at 12:27:45PM +0100, Peter Rajnoha wrote:
> We can use extended format when writing /sys/.../uevent files to
> generate synthetic uevents, introduced with commit f36776fafbaa
> ("kobject: support passing in variables for synthetic uevents").
> 
> Before using this extended format, we need to know if it's supported
> and kernel version check may not be appropriate in all cases - there
> are possible differences from upstream kernel in distributions with
> backports.
> 
> This patch adds /sys/kernel/uevent_features file which currently lists
> 'synthargs' string to denote that the kernel is able to recognize the
> extended synthetic uevent arguments. Userspace can easily check for
> the feature then.

No Documentation/ABI/ update for your new sysfs file?  Not good, I can't
take this patch without that :(

greg k-h