A kernel event notification mechanism

Posted Jul 30, 2018 7:02 UTC (Mon) by quotemstr (subscriber, #45331)
In reply to: A kernel event notification mechanism by ofranja
Parent article: A kernel event notification mechanism

Is it so unreasonable to require network support for this facility? We're not talking about support for TCP or routing or something --- just basic socket machinery. How many people who build weird kernels without networking support at all are going to use this new facility? Complicating an import kernel interfaces to maintain a false illusion of modularity is pointless.

A kernel event notification mechanism

Posted Jul 30, 2018 15:36 UTC (Mon) by ofranja (subscriber, #11084) [Link]

One man's weird kernel is another man's Monday.

Also, are you talking about "complicating" in comparison to what? Netlink? BPF may not be a bad idea for filtering events but netlink is not what I'd call a "simple" interface.