Re: kobject_uevent() question

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--- Greg KH <greg@xxxxxxxxx> escreveu:

> On Wed, Nov 22, 2006 at 03:42:04PM -0300, Mauricio Lin wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > I have implemented a module time ago that used kobject_uevent()
> > function to send a signal to userspace.
> > 
> > Recently I tried to recompile the module based on the kernel
> 2.6.19-rc
> > and I noticed that kobject_uevent() has its number of arguments
> changed
> > from 3 to 2.
> > 
> > Afterward I figure out that such change was applied on kernel
> > 2.6.16-rc1.
> > 
> > The old function was removed:
> > -int kobject_uevent(struct kobject *kobj, enum kobject_action
> action,
> > -         struct attribute *attr)
> > 
> > and the kobject_hotplug() name was replaced by kobject_uevent():
> > -void kobject_hotplug(struct kobject *kobj, enum kobject_action
> action)
> > +void kobject_uevent(struct kobject *kobj, enum kobject_action
> action)
> > 
> > So is there any new function that works the same or similar way as
> > kobject_uevent() before 2.6.16-rc1 version?
> 
> What do you want to do with that kobject_uevent() function?  Almost
> all
> of the functionality is still there, with the exception that you
> don't
> provide the attribute anymore.

OK. I am checking what is going on. For some reason the userspace
program is not able anymore to get the event sent by the
kobject_uevent. It worked before.

If you have any idea about what could be wrong, suggestions are
welcome.

BR,

Mauricio Lin.


		
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