From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Harald Hoyer Date: Tue, 02 Nov 2004 15:43:19 +0000 Subject: udev signal handler should not syslog() Message-Id: <4187AB17.8030909@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------enigCF5B5DBB93E7C023027D46F5" List-Id: To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigCF5B5DBB93E7C023027D46F5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Please remove any syslog() from the signal handler! According to http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/000095399/functions/xsh_chap02_04.html this is unsafe and we see hangups in vmware where SIGALRM is fired up. --------------enigCF5B5DBB93E7C023027D46F5 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFBh6sat7dFwsVXVUIRAjPaAJ0bTp6YutqzDGuSjFocAS1pAfQQXwCfa88q 0wsSU874a1VnO5GHgb2eMr4= =gUch -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigCF5B5DBB93E7C023027D46F5-- ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Sybase ASE Linux Express Edition - download now for FREE LinuxWorld Reader's Choice Award Winner for best database on Linux. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=5588&alloc_id=12065&op=click _______________________________________________ Linux-hotplug-devel mailing list http://linux-hotplug.sourceforge.net Linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-hotplug-devel