Re: [PATCH 2/2] uevent: handle duplicate uevent_var keys properly

[Greg KH]

On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 06:31:02PM +0200, Tejun Heo wrote:
> add_uevent_var() appends the specified variable whether the new entry
> has duplicate key or not.  This patch makes add_uevent_var() to
> override the existing entry if an entry with the same key is added
> later.  This will be used by CUSE (character device in userland) to
> fake hotplug events.

Hm, do you have any pointers to CUSE, that sounds interesting.

And how would this change interact with fake hotplug events?

thanks,

greg k-h
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