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From: Kang Kai <Kai.Kang@windriver.com>
To: "Burton, Ross" <ross.burton@intel.com>
Cc: OE-core <openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] useradd_base.bbclass: fix simultaneous with flock
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2016 13:40:27 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <56C407CB.4060100@windriver.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAJTo0LYOpP40zsTFKahoMzU1caXH+=qTUwgAAy1aV--pK_-E_g@mail.gmail.com>

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On 2016年02月16日 20:09, Burton, Ross wrote:
>
> On 16 February 2016 at 07:14, <kai.kang@windriver.com 
> <mailto:kai.kang@windriver.com>> wrote:
>
>     +FLOCK_FILE=$SYSROOT/etc
>
>
> useradd_base is also used by extrausers.bbclass, so it would be best 
> if useradd_base decided where to use as a lock ($rootdir/${sysconfdir} 
> sounds sensible) instead of expecting that the caller sets FLOCK_FILE 
> and mysteriously failing if it wasn't set.

OK. Sounds good.

>
> Also if we're locking and waiting properly instead of using timeouts 
> and loops, can we remove the "does it exist?" check before the 
> operation (eg groupadd -f will exit 0 if the group exists) and after 
> (with proper locking that shouldn't be happening).

I prefer to keep such check. There is more than one case that causes 
operation error such as pass wrong parameters. The messages are helpful 
for developers.

Thanks,
Kai

>
> Ross


-- 
Regards,
Neil | Kai Kang


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  reply	other threads:[~2016-02-17  5:40 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-02-16  7:14 [PATCH 0/1] V2: Replace retry logic in useradd with flock kai.kang
2016-02-16  7:14 ` [PATCH 1/1] useradd_base.bbclass: fix simultaneous " kai.kang
2016-02-16 12:09   ` Burton, Ross
2016-02-17  5:40     ` Kang Kai [this message]
2016-02-17 23:49       ` Burton, Ross
2016-02-22  8:41         ` Kang Kai
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2016-02-23  2:45 [PATCH 0/1] V3: Replace retry logic in useradd " kai.kang
2016-02-23  2:45 ` [PATCH 1/1] useradd_base.bbclass: fix simultaneous " kai.kang
2016-02-23  3:05   ` Khem Raj
2016-02-23  3:35     ` Kang Kai
2016-02-23  7:25       ` Richard Purdie
2016-02-23  7:31         ` Kang Kai
2016-02-23 16:29   ` Burton, Ross
2016-02-23 17:01     ` Burton, Ross
2016-02-23 17:10       ` Burton, Ross
2016-02-24  8:51         ` Kang Kai
2016-02-15  1:59 [PATCH 0/1] Replace retry logic in useradd " kai.kang
2016-02-15  1:59 ` [PATCH 1/1] useradd_base.bbclass: fix simultaneous " kai.kang
2016-02-15 12:31   ` Burton, Ross
2016-02-16  2:14     ` Kang Kai

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