netdev - Re: [take26-resend1 0/8] kevent: Generic event handling mechanism.

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Date:	Tue, 12 Dec 2006 08:39:02 +0300
From:	Evgeniy Polyakov <johnpol@....mipt.ru>
To:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Ulrich Drepper <drepper@...hat.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>, netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Zach Brown <zach.brown@...cle.com>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Chase Venters <chase.venters@...entec.com>,
	Johann Borck <johann.borck@...sedata.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [take26-resend1 0/8] kevent: Generic event handling mechanism.

On Mon, Dec 11, 2006 at 10:16:30AM -0500, Jeff Garzik (jeff@...zik.org) wrote:
> Comments:
> 
> * [oh, everybody will hate me for saying this, but...]  to me, "kevent" 
> implies an internal kernel subsystem.  I would rather call it "uevent" 
> or anything else lacking a 'k' prefix.

It is kernel subsystem indeed, which exports some of its part to
userspace.
I previously thought that prefix 'k' can only be confused with KDE.

> * I like the absolute timespec (and use of timespec itself)

And I do not, but I made them to make at least some progress.

> * more on naming:  I think kevent_open would be more natural than 
> kevent_init, since it opens a file descriptor.

It is also initializes ring buffer.

> * why is KEVENT_MAX not equal to KEVENT_POSIX_TIMER?  (perhaps answer 
> this question in a comment, if it is not a mistake)

I check for error number using '>=' and use it as array size, 
so it is always bigger than the last entry id.
I will add a comment.

> * Kill all the CONFIG_KEVENT_xxx sub-options, or hide them under 
> CONFIG_EMBEDDED.  Application developers should NOT be left wondering 
> whether or support for KEVENT_INODE was compiled into the kernel.

Ok, I will put them under !CONFIG_EMBEDDED.

-- 
	Evgeniy Polyakov
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