Re: [take26-resend1 7/8] kevent: Signal notifications.

2006-12-11 Thread Evgeniy Polyakov
On Mon, Dec 11, 2006 at 12:32:55PM -0400, Mauricio Lin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi Evgeniy, Hi Mauricio. > I have used kobject_uevent() to notify userspace about some events. > For instance, when memory comsumption reaches a predefined watermark, > a signal is sent to userspace to allow appl

Re: [take26-resend1 7/8] kevent: Signal notifications.

2006-12-11 Thread Mauricio Lin
Hi Evgeniy, I have used kobject_uevent() to notify userspace about some events. For instance, when memory comsumption reaches a predefined watermark, a signal is sent to userspace to allow applications to free resources. But I am not sure if kobject_uevent() is the more appropriate way for that s

[take26-resend1 7/8] kevent: Signal notifications.

2006-12-11 Thread Evgeniy Polyakov
Signal notifications. This type of notifications allows to deliver signals through kevent queue. One can find example application signal.c on project homepage. If KEVENT_SIGNAL_NOMASK bit is set in raw_u64 id then signal will be delivered only through queue, otherwise both delivery types are use