Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S269068AbUJER2h (ORCPT ); Tue, 5 Oct 2004 13:28:37 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S269042AbUJER2h (ORCPT ); Tue, 5 Oct 2004 13:28:37 -0400 Received: from fmr04.intel.com ([143.183.121.6]:3252 "EHLO caduceus.sc.intel.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S269104AbUJER1m (ORCPT ); Tue, 5 Oct 2004 13:27:42 -0400 Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2004 10:27:07 -0700 From: Keshavamurthy Anil S To: Andrew Morton Cc: Keshavamurthy Anil S , jeffpc@optonline.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, torvalds@osdl.org, trivial@rustcorp.com.au, rusty@rustcorp.com.au, greg@kroah.com Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6][resend] Add DEVPATH env variable to hotplug helper call Message-ID: <20041005102706.A27795@unix-os.sc.intel.com> Reply-To: Keshavamurthy Anil S References: <20041003100857.GB5804@optonline.net> <20041003162012.79296b37.akpm@osdl.org> <20041004102220.A3304@unix-os.sc.intel.com> <20041004123725.58f1e77c.akpm@osdl.org> <20041004124355.A17894@unix-os.sc.intel.com> <20041005012556.A22721@unix-os.sc.intel.com> <20041005101823.223573d9.akpm@osdl.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <20041005101823.223573d9.akpm@osdl.org>; from akpm@osdl.org on Tue, Oct 05, 2004 at 10:18:23AM -0700 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1147 Lines: 23 On Tue, Oct 05, 2004 at 10:18:23AM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > Keshavamurthy Anil S wrote: > > > > Here is what I have come up with(please take a look at this patch). > > I was successfully able to get rid of cpu_run_sbin_hotplug() function, but > > when I call kobject_hotplug() function, it is finding > > top_kobj->kset->hotplug_ops set to NULL and hence returns without calling > > call_usermodehelper(). Not sure if this is a bug in kobject_hotplug(), > > I feel kobject_hotplug() function should continue even if > > top_kobj->kset-hotplug_ops is NULL. > > Yes, it doesn't seem necessary. We could give cpu_sysdev_class a > valid-but-empty hotplug_ops but it seems simpler and more general to do it > in kobject_hotplug(). I tried that, but I found that parent "cpu" directory i.e /sys/devices/system/cpu itself was not getting created. Any clues? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/