Re: [RFC PATCH 04/13] switchtec: add link event notifier block

From: Logan Gunthorpe
Date: Sat Jun 17 2017 - 12:20:27 EST




On 16/06/17 11:14 PM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> You do know about ftrace, right? It's good to drop debugging code like
> this for "final" versions.

I've never actually used it but maybe I should give it a try. I'll
remove these debug lines.

>> +
>> + blocking_notifier_call_chain(&stdev->link_notifier, 0, stdev);
>> +}
>
> Do you really need a notifier call chain? How many different things are
> going to "hook up" to this? I ask as they tend to get really messy over
> time while direct callbacks are easier to handle and manage.

Ok, understood. I only expect the one callback at this time so I'll
change it to a single function pointer.

Logan