Re: kobject_uevent

From: Robert Love
Date: Fri Jan 07 2005 - 12:02:50 EST


On Fri, 2005-01-07 at 16:14 +0100, Ikke wrote:

> Next to this, there seems to be a mistake in the 2.6.10 changelog: it writes
> [quote]
> kobject_uevent(const char *signal,
> struct kobject *kobj,
> struct attribute *attr)
> [/quote]
> whilst include/linux/kobject_uevent.h defines
> [quote]
> int kobject_uevent(struct kobject *kobj,
> enum kobject_action action,
> struct attribute *attr);
> [/quote]
> which is something completely different.

The signal as a string was replaced by the kobject_action enumeration,
which is mapped to a string. It is just an attempt at providing type
safety.

Robert Love


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