Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756197Ab2HGUme (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Aug 2012 16:42:34 -0400 Received: from mail-yw0-f46.google.com ([209.85.213.46]:62711 "EHLO mail-yw0-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752081Ab2HGUmd (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Aug 2012 16:42:33 -0400 Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2012 13:42:28 -0700 From: Greg KH To: Colin Cross Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh , Bryan Wu , Richard Purdie , linux-leds@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] leds: triggers: send uevent when changing triggers Message-ID: <20120807204228.GA32389@kroah.com> References: <1344369495-21943-1-git-send-email-ccross@android.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1344369495-21943-1-git-send-email-ccross@android.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 823 Lines: 18 On Tue, Aug 07, 2012 at 12:58:15PM -0700, Colin Cross wrote: > Some triggers create sysfs files when they are enabled. Send a uevent > "change" notification whenever the trigger is changed to allow userspace > processes such as udev to modify permissions on the new files. > > A change notification will also be sent during registration of led class > devices or led triggers if the default trigger of an led class device > is found. Why would a change event be needed at this point in time? Nothing would have changed from the original "add" notification, right? greg k-h -- 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/