linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 6/9] Add a general, global device notification watch list [ver #5]

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Date:   Fri, 5 Jul 2019 07:17:33 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Cc:     viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, Casey Schaufler <casey@...aufler-ca.com>,
        Stephen Smalley <sds@...ho.nsa.gov>, nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com,
        raven@...maw.net, Christian Brauner <christian@...uner.io>,
        keyrings@...r.kernel.org, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-api@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-block@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/9] Add a general, global device notification watch list
 [ver #5]

On Thu, Jul 04, 2019 at 05:04:20PM +0100, David Howells wrote:
> Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> wrote:
> 
> > Don't we need a manpage and a kselftest for it?
> 
> I've got part of a manpage, but it needs more work.
> 
> How do you do a kselftest for this when it does nothing unless hardware events
> happen?

Hm, good point, but there should be some way to test this to verify it
works.  Maybe for the other types of events?

thanks,

greg k-h