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From: Andrew Morton <andrewm@uow.edu.au>
To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: multiple events
Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2001 12:29:57 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <marc-linux-hotplug-98007975103593@msgid-missing> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <marc-linux-hotplug-98007936002998@msgid-missing>

Oliver Neukum wrote:
> 
> Hi list,
> 
> I was looking through the kmod code and was wondering about the context
> /sbin/hotplug is run.
> 
> It seems to be run in the context of keventd. Does this mean that there can
> only be one instance of /sbin/hotplug at a time ?

No, /sbin/hotplug is run asynchronously, so multiple instances
can and will be run concurrently.  A fix exists, but I'm still
trying to get my head around whether there's justification
for asking for its inclusion.

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  reply	other threads:[~2001-01-21 12:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-01-21 12:17 multiple events Oliver Neukum
2001-01-21 12:29 ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2001-01-21 12:33 ` Oliver Neukum
2001-01-21 12:49 ` Andrew Morton
2001-01-21 18:37 ` David Brownell

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