From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Harald Hoyer Date: Tue, 02 Nov 2004 15:50:06 +0000 Subject: Re: udev signal handler should not syslog() Message-Id: <4187ACAE.7030003@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------enig7C08F07510E91104E311FFD5" List-Id: References: <4187AB17.8030909@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <4187AB17.8030909@redhat.com> To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig7C08F07510E91104E311FFD5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Harald Hoyer wrote: > 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. the tdb_close() used in the signal handler, contains free() calls, which seem to be dangerous as well! --------------enig7C08F07510E91104E311FFD5 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 iD4DBQFBh6yut7dFwsVXVUIRAk8rAJio8ySUM4KemhTAnU29AgZMwuxbAKDSoMq3 f+eTkujQhV+hcsj/e1M/fQ== =My+P -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig7C08F07510E91104E311FFD5-- ------------------------------------------------------- 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