linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 17/26] cgroup/misc: Add notifier block list support for css events

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Date:   Mon, 14 Nov 2022 12:42:19 -1000
From:   Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:     Kristen Carlson Accardi <kristen@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     jarkko@...nel.org, dave.hansen@...ux.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-sgx@...r.kernel.org,
        cgroups@...r.kernel.org, Zefan Li <lizefan.x@...edance.com>,
        Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>, zhiquan1.li@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 17/26] cgroup/misc: Add notifier block list support for
 css events

Hello,

On Fri, Nov 11, 2022 at 10:35:22AM -0800, Kristen Carlson Accardi wrote:
> +/**
> + * register_misc_cg_notifier() - Register for css callback events
> + * @nb: notifier_block to register
> + *
> + * Context: Any context.
> + */
> +int register_misc_cg_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb)
> +{
> +	return blocking_notifier_chain_register(&misc_cg_notify_list, nb);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(register_misc_cg_notifier);
> +
> +/**
> + * unregister_misc_cg_notifier() - unregister for css callback events
> + * @nb: notifier_block to unregister
> + *
> + * Context: Any context.
> + */
> +int unregister_misc_cg_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb)
> +{
> +	return blocking_notifier_chain_unregister(&misc_cg_notify_list, nb);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(unregister_misc_cg_notifier);

So, I'm not necessarily against this but wonder whether it'd be more
straightforward to add sth like struct misc_res_ops which contains the
optional callbacks and then have an array of pointers to the structs which
are initialized / registered somehow. What do you think?

Thanks.

-- 
tejun