From: Olaf Hering <olh@suse.de>
To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: hotplugd - event serializer and multiplexer
Date: Mon, 08 Mar 2004 20:51:15 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040308205115.GA11414@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20040307213757.GA24298@vrfy.org>
On Mon, Mar 08, Patrick Mansfield wrote:
> How does serializing these avoid kernel races in creating attributes after
> the hotplug has been sent?
Why do you think that fixing kernel bugs in userspace is a desired
thing? The kernel must no call the usermode helper until all attributes
are available, this includes the busid in /sys/bus/<type>/devices/<id>
Maybe I miss something, but why would anyone want to be notified that
early?
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-03-08 20:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-03-07 21:37 hotplugd - event serializer and multiplexer Kay Sievers
2004-03-08 17:06 ` Patrick Mansfield
2004-03-08 17:25 ` Kay Sievers
2004-03-08 20:51 ` Olaf Hering [this message]
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