[PATCH 1/2] add tunable_notifier function

[Eric W. Biederman]

Takenori Nagano <t-nagano at ah.jp.nec.com> writes:

> This patch adds new notifier function tunable_notifier_chain. Its base is
> atomic_notifier_chain.



> +/**
> + * tunable_notifier_chain_register - Add notifier to an tunable notifier chain
> + *	@nh: Pointer to head of the tunable notifier chain
> + *	@n: New entry in notifier chain
> + *	@name: Pointer to the name of this notifier chain
> + *	@desc: Pointer to the description of new entry
> + *
> + *	Adds a notifier to an tunable notifier chain and makes control dir.
> + *
> + *	Returns zero on success or %-ENODEV on failure.
> + */
> +
> +int tunable_notifier_chain_register(struct tunable_notifier_head *nh,
> +		struct tunable_notifier_block *n, char *name, char *desc)
> +{
> +	unsigned long flags;
> +	int ret = -EINVAL;
> +	struct dentry *nh_dir, *nb_dir, *pri_dentry, *desc_dentry = NULL;
> +
> +	if (!name)
> +		goto nb_fail;
> +
> +	ret = -ENOMEM;
> +	if (!nh->dir) {
> +		nh_dir = debugfs_create_dir(nh->name, NULL);

Hmm. debugfs does not appear to be an appropriate place to create
files that are supposed to be part of a serious user space interface.

Eric