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Diffstat (limited to 'include')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/kobject.h | 25 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/kobject.h b/include/linux/kobject.h index 06cbf41d32d..aa2fe22b1ba 100644 --- a/include/linux/kobject.h +++ b/include/linux/kobject.h @@ -36,15 +36,24 @@ extern char uevent_helper[]; /* counter to tag the uevent, read only except for the kobject core */ extern u64 uevent_seqnum; -/* the actions here must match the proper string in lib/kobject_uevent.c */ -typedef int __bitwise kobject_action_t; +/* + * The actions here must match the index to the string array + * in lib/kobject_uevent.c + * + * Do not add new actions here without checking with the driver-core + * maintainers. Action strings are not meant to express subsystem + * or device specific properties. In most cases you want to send a + * kobject_uevent_env(kobj, KOBJ_CHANGE, env) with additional event + * specific variables added to the event environment. + */ enum kobject_action { - KOBJ_ADD = (__force kobject_action_t) 0x01, /* exclusive to core */ - KOBJ_REMOVE = (__force kobject_action_t) 0x02, /* exclusive to core */ - KOBJ_CHANGE = (__force kobject_action_t) 0x03, /* device state change */ - KOBJ_OFFLINE = (__force kobject_action_t) 0x04, /* device offline */ - KOBJ_ONLINE = (__force kobject_action_t) 0x05, /* device online */ - KOBJ_MOVE = (__force kobject_action_t) 0x06, /* device move */ + KOBJ_ADD, + KOBJ_REMOVE, + KOBJ_CHANGE, + KOBJ_MOVE, + KOBJ_ONLINE, + KOBJ_OFFLINE, + KOBJ_MAX }; struct kobject { |