From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
Cc: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>,
viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk, linux-usb@vger.kernel.org,
raven@themaw.net, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-api@vger.kernel.org, linux-block@vger.kernel.org,
keyrings@vger.kernel.org, linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 09/10] usb: Add USB subsystem notifications [ver #3]
Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2019 16:33:06 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190606143306.GA11294@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44L0.1906061020000.1641-100000@iolanthe.rowland.org>
On Thu, Jun 06, 2019 at 10:24:18AM -0400, Alan Stern wrote:
> On Thu, 6 Jun 2019, David Howells wrote:
>
> > Add a USB subsystem notification mechanism whereby notifications about
> > hardware events such as device connection, disconnection, reset and I/O
> > errors, can be reported to a monitoring process asynchronously.
>
> USB I/O errors covers an awfully large and vague field. Do we really
> want to include them? I'm doubtful.
See the other patch on the linux-usb list that wanted to start adding
KOBJ_CHANGE notifications about USB "i/o errors".
So for "severe" issues, yes, we should do this, but perhaps not for all
of the "normal" things we see when a device is yanked out of the system
and the like.
thanks,
greg k-h
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From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
Cc: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>,
viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk, linux-usb@vger.kernel.org,
raven@themaw.net, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-api@vger.kernel.org, linux-block@vger.kernel.org,
keyrings@vger.kernel.org, linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 09/10] usb: Add USB subsystem notifications [ver #3]
Date: Thu, 06 Jun 2019 14:33:06 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190606143306.GA11294@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44L0.1906061020000.1641-100000@iolanthe.rowland.org>
On Thu, Jun 06, 2019 at 10:24:18AM -0400, Alan Stern wrote:
> On Thu, 6 Jun 2019, David Howells wrote:
>
> > Add a USB subsystem notification mechanism whereby notifications about
> > hardware events such as device connection, disconnection, reset and I/O
> > errors, can be reported to a monitoring process asynchronously.
>
> USB I/O errors covers an awfully large and vague field. Do we really
> want to include them? I'm doubtful.
See the other patch on the linux-usb list that wanted to start adding
KOBJ_CHANGE notifications about USB "i/o errors".
So for "severe" issues, yes, we should do this, but perhaps not for all
of the "normal" things we see when a device is yanked out of the system
and the like.
thanks,
greg k-h
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-06-06 14:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 94+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-06-06 9:41 [RFC][PATCH 00/10] Mount, FS, Block and Keyrings notifications [ver #3] David Howells
2019-06-06 9:41 ` David Howells
2019-06-06 9:42 ` [PATCH 01/10] security: Override creds in __fput() with last fputter's creds " David Howells
2019-06-06 9:42 ` David Howells
2019-06-06 9:42 ` David Howells
2019-06-06 14:57 ` Andy Lutomirski
2019-06-06 14:57 ` Andy Lutomirski
2019-06-06 15:06 ` David Howells
2019-06-06 15:06 ` David Howells
2019-06-06 17:18 ` Andy Lutomirski
2019-06-06 17:18 ` Andy Lutomirski
2019-06-06 19:09 ` Casey Schaufler
2019-06-06 19:09 ` Casey Schaufler
2019-06-06 19:34 ` Andy Lutomirski
2019-06-06 19:34 ` Andy Lutomirski
2019-06-06 9:42 ` [PATCH 02/10] General notification queue with user mmap()'able ring buffer " David Howells
2019-06-06 9:42 ` David Howells
2019-06-06 9:42 ` [PATCH 03/10] keys: Add a notification facility " David Howells
2019-06-06 9:42 ` David Howells
2019-06-06 9:42 ` [PATCH 04/10] vfs: Add a mount-notification " David Howells
2019-06-06 9:42 ` David Howells
2019-06-06 9:42 ` [PATCH 05/10] vfs: Add superblock notifications " David Howells
2019-06-06 9:42 ` David Howells
2019-06-06 9:42 ` [PATCH 06/10] fsinfo: Export superblock notification counter " David Howells
2019-06-06 9:42 ` David Howells
2019-06-06 9:43 ` [PATCH 07/10] Add a general, global device notification watch list " David Howells
2019-06-06 9:43 ` David Howells
2019-06-06 9:43 ` [PATCH 08/10] block: Add block layer notifications " David Howells
2019-06-06 9:43 ` David Howells
2019-06-06 9:43 ` [PATCH 09/10] usb: Add USB subsystem " David Howells
2019-06-06 9:43 ` David Howells
2019-06-06 14:24 ` Alan Stern
2019-06-06 14:24 ` Alan Stern
2019-06-06 14:24 ` Alan Stern
2019-06-06 14:33 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman [this message]
2019-06-06 14:33 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2019-06-06 14:55 ` Alan Stern
2019-06-06 14:55 ` Alan Stern
2019-06-06 14:55 ` Alan Stern
2019-06-06 15:31 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2019-06-06 15:31 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2019-06-07 6:40 ` Felipe Balbi
2019-06-07 6:40 ` Felipe Balbi
2019-06-07 14:01 ` Alan Stern
2019-06-07 14:01 ` Alan Stern
2019-06-07 14:01 ` Alan Stern
2019-06-11 6:28 ` Felipe Balbi
2019-06-11 6:28 ` Felipe Balbi
2019-06-11 13:53 ` Alan Stern
2019-06-11 13:53 ` Alan Stern
2019-06-11 13:53 ` Alan Stern
2019-06-12 6:58 ` Felipe Balbi
2019-06-12 6:58 ` Felipe Balbi
2019-06-06 9:43 ` [PATCH 10/10] Add sample notification program " David Howells
2019-06-06 9:43 ` David Howells
2019-06-06 21:21 ` Eugeniu Rosca
2019-06-06 21:21 ` Eugeniu Rosca
2019-06-06 21:21 ` Eugeniu Rosca
2019-06-06 22:52 ` David Howells
2019-06-06 22:52 ` David Howells
2019-06-07 14:37 ` David Howells
2019-06-07 14:37 ` David Howells
2019-06-06 12:32 ` [RFC][PATCH 00/10] Mount, FS, Block and Keyrings notifications " Stephen Smalley
2019-06-06 12:32 ` Stephen Smalley
2019-06-06 13:16 ` David Howells
2019-06-06 13:16 ` David Howells
2019-06-06 14:05 ` Stephen Smalley
2019-06-06 14:05 ` Stephen Smalley
2019-06-06 16:43 ` Casey Schaufler
2019-06-06 16:43 ` Casey Schaufler
2019-06-06 17:11 ` Andy Lutomirski
2019-06-06 17:11 ` Andy Lutomirski
2019-06-06 18:33 ` Casey Schaufler
2019-06-06 18:33 ` Casey Schaufler
2019-06-06 18:51 ` Andy Lutomirski
2019-06-06 18:51 ` Andy Lutomirski
2019-06-06 17:16 ` Stephen Smalley
2019-06-06 17:16 ` Stephen Smalley
2019-06-06 18:56 ` Casey Schaufler
2019-06-06 18:56 ` Casey Schaufler
2019-06-06 19:54 ` Andy Lutomirski
2019-06-06 19:54 ` Andy Lutomirski
2019-06-06 21:17 ` David Howells
2019-06-06 21:17 ` David Howells
2019-06-06 21:54 ` Andy Lutomirski
2019-06-06 21:54 ` Andy Lutomirski
2019-06-06 22:38 ` David Howells
2019-06-06 22:38 ` David Howells
2019-06-06 22:42 ` Andy Lutomirski
2019-06-06 22:42 ` Andy Lutomirski
2019-06-06 22:50 ` David Howells
2019-06-06 22:50 ` David Howells
2019-06-06 14:34 ` Christian Brauner
2019-06-06 14:34 ` Christian Brauner
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