On 8/7/07, Cornelia Huck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 7 Aug 2007 13:46:55 +0200, > "Kay Sievers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > - Use an extra parameter in which successful delivery can be indicated. > > > Make this > > > int kobject_uevent_env_check(struct kobject *kobject, > > > enum kobject_action action, > > > char *envp[], int delivered); > > > so existing callers that don't care don't have to be changed. > > > > How do you check if events have been "handled"? None of the recent > > distros uses /sbin/hotplug anymore. Netlink events are broadcasted, > > but no failure in delivery doesn't mean anything like "handled", or > > delivered to the right instance. Even if you check that the netlink > > socket has listeners, that wouldn't be sufficient to tell that is is > > handled. > > You can't check if it's been handled, yes; but you can certainly check > if you delivered it.
The broadcast returns a failure when nobody received the message? Kay - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
