Allow users to create Notifier objects when handling requests

Author: colinmarc

src/request.rs

@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ use crate::ll::Request as _;
 use crate::reply::ReplyDirectoryPlus;
 use crate::reply::{Reply, ReplyDirectory, ReplySender};
 use crate::session::{Session, SessionACL};
-use crate::Filesystem;
 use crate::{ll, KernelConfig};
+use crate::{Filesystem, Notifier};
 
 /// Request data structure
 #[derive(Debug)]
@@ -643,6 +643,12 @@ impl<'a> Request<'a> {
         Reply::new(self.request.unique().into(), self.ch.clone())
     }
 
+    /// Create a [Notifier] that can be used to send notifications back to the
+    /// kernel.
+    pub fn notifier(&self) -> Notifier {
+        Notifier::new(self.ch.clone())
+    }
+
     /// Returns the unique identifier of this request
     #[inline]
     pub fn unique(&self) -> u64 {