Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261628AbVB1OIE (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Feb 2005 09:08:04 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261630AbVB1OGy (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Feb 2005 09:06:54 -0500 Received: from eth0-0.arisu.projectdream.org ([194.158.4.191]:10185 "EHLO b.mx.projectdream.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261610AbVB1Nwr (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Feb 2005 08:52:47 -0500 Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 14:53:07 +0100 From: Thomas Graf To: jamal Cc: Andrew Morton , Guillaume Thouvenin , kaigai@ak.jp.nec.com, marcelo.tosatti@cyclades.com, "David S. Miller" , jlan@sgi.com, lse-tech@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@oss.sgi.com, elsa-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Lse-tech] Re: A common layer for Accounting packages Message-ID: <20050228135307.GP31837@postel.suug.ch> References: <20050224212839.7953167c.akpm@osdl.org> <20050227094949.GA22439@logos.cnet> <4221E548.4000008@ak.jp.nec.com> <20050227140355.GA23055@logos.cnet> <42227AEA.6050002@ak.jp.nec.com> <1109575236.8549.14.camel@frecb000711.frec.bull.fr> <20050227233943.6cb89226.akpm@osdl.org> <1109592658.2188.924.camel@jzny.localdomain> <20050228132051.GO31837@postel.suug.ch> <1109598010.2188.994.camel@jzny.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1109598010.2188.994.camel@jzny.localdomain> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 825 Lines: 16 * jamal <1109598010.2188.994.camel@jzny.localdomain> 2005-02-28 08:40 > > netlink broadcast or a wrapper around it. > Why even bother doing the check with netlink_has_listeners()? To implement the master enable/disable switch they want. The messages don't get send out anyway but why bother doing all the work if nothing will get send out in the end? It implements a well defined flag controlled by open/close on fds (thus handles dying applications) stating whether the whole code should be enabled or disabled. It is of course not needed to avoid sending unnecessary messages. - 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/