On Thu, 2006-06-22 at 08:53 -0500, Steve Wise wrote: > On Thu, 2006-06-22 at 01:57 -0700, David Miller wrote: > > From: Steve Wise <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 13:45:19 -0500 > > > > > This patch implements a mechanism that allows interested clients to > > > register for notification of certain network events. > > > > We have a generic network event notification facility called > > netlink, please use it and extend it for your needs if necessary. > > I'll investigate this. > > Thanks,
The in-kernel Infiniband subsystem needs to know when certain events happen. For example, if the mac address of a neighbour changes. Any rdma devices that are using said neighbour need to be notified of the change. You are asking that I extend the netlink facility (if necessary) to provide this functionality. Are you suggesting, then, that the Infiniband subsystem should create an in-kernel NETLINK socket and obtain these events (and the pertinent information) via the socket? I'm still learning about netlink, but my understanding to date is that its a way to pass events/commands between the kernel and user applications. It perhaps seems overkill to use this mechanism for kernel->kernel event notifications. That's why I started with notifier blocks and added a netevent_notifier mechanism. Any help is greatly appreciated. Sorry if I'm being dense... Steve. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
