On Fri, Jun 05, 2015 at 08:15:37PM +0900, Namjae Jeon wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 05, 2015 at 07:10:21PM +0900, Namjae Jeon wrote: > > > Add support for setting uid gid to devtmpfs device nodes. > > > In this manner, drivers can specify desired uid gid in their > > > class->devnode method. > > > > > > This is extension of existing method of setting uid gid by drivers > > > using device_type->devnode method: > > > 3c2670e6515cf584810f417db9b00992c8b2d75a > > > "driver core: add uid and gid to devtmpfs" > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Namjae Jeon <[email protected]> > > > Signed-off-by: Vivek Trivedi <[email protected]> > > > > You add new parameters to these functions, yet never use them. Sorry, I > > need an actual user before I can accept api changes like this. > > > > Same for the other 2 patches in this series, I can't accept api changes > > without a real user of them, otherwise I'll just have to rip them out > > again to simplify the code. > Hi Greg, > > In closed embedded systems like Tizen or Android, It is needed to set > uid/gid and xattr without shell script and daemon like udevd. > This api change can make it easier to set these parameters
And exactly how will that happen? I don't see a user of these changes in the kernel, so I can't accept it, sorry. greg k-h -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
