From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Greg KH Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2003 00:11:19 +0000 Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] udev 0.1 release Message-Id: List-Id: References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Apr 11, 2003 at 04:25:55PM -0700, Jason Riedy wrote: > And Greg KH writes: > - > - But how many events to we buffer? When do we start to throw them away? > - Fun policy decisions that we don't have to worry about in the current > - scheme. > > Last time I checked, there was a limit on the number of running > processes. Hm, where is that? > What happens when the executable named in /proc/sys/kernel/hotplug > fails to spawn? Looks like the events get dropped on the floor right > now regardless of the reason why it failed to execve. Yes they will, if this is worrysome, use the kernel devfs :) I don't mean to be glib, but I don't think this is a real problem for 99% of the systems out there. But more testing of the simple prototype that I posted would help prove me wrong... thanks, greg k-h ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Etnus, makers of TotalView, The debugger for complex code. Debugging C/C++ programs can leave you feeling lost and disoriented. TotalView can help you find your way. Available on major UNIX and Linux platforms. Try it free. www.etnus.com _______________________________________________ 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