On Mon, 18 Jun 2007 14:14:55 +0200 Jan Kara wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I've written a patch implementing quota netlink interface. Whenever some
> event happens (like user exceeding softlimit), a message is sent to
> userpace. Then, in userspace we can decide what to do with the message -
> print it to console, show a dialog or whatever... I've also written a new
> daemon that listens to netlink and sends the received message to DBus and/or
> to the console the user has last written to.
> If somebody is interested in trying it out, he can checkout latest
> quota-tools CVS and I can provide him with the modified libnl providing
> better support for generic netlink handling.
+config QUOTA_NETLINK_INTERFACE
+ bool "Report quota messages through netlink interface"
+ depends on QUOTA
+ select NET
+ help
+ If you say Y here, quota warnings (about exceeding softlimit, reaching
+ hardlimit, etc.) will be reported through netlink interface. If unsure,
+ say Y.
Using "select" is either evil or OK, but only OK for "library-type" code.
It should never be used to pull in a complete subsystem like NET does
(even though SCSI_NETLINK does this same thing, sadly).
---
~Randy
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