From: David VomLehn <dvomlehn@cisco.com>
To: Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org,
linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, greg@kroah.com,
linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
arjan@infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/7] initdev:kernel:Asynchronously-discovered device synchronization, v6
Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2009 15:11:02 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090608221102.GA22222@cuplxvomd02.corp.sa.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4A2A320F.5020008@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
On Sat, Jun 06, 2009 at 05:08:31AM -0400, Stefan Richter wrote:
> I wrote:
> > What happens if the calls or the call arguments aren't balanced, e.g.
> > due to a mistake in an error path? The kernel will hang?
>
> Yes, unless the waiting subsystems implement timeouts.
This is absolutely correct. It would, of course, be possible to add a
timeout, but it would really be papering over a bug. If this every happened,
the proper thing would be to fix the problem.
> Stefan Richter
prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-06-08 22:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-06-06 2:34 David VomLehn
2009-06-06 8:43 ` Stefan Richter
2009-06-06 9:08 ` Stefan Richter
2009-06-08 22:11 ` David VomLehn [this message]
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