From: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
To: Pierre Ossman <drzeus-list@drzeus.cx>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Haavard Skinnemoen <hskinnemoen@atmel.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] Make prepare_namespace() wait for devices
Date: 18 May 2007 19:55:11 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <p73ejlednk0.fsf@bingen.suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <464853D9.70904@drzeus.cx>
Pierre Ossman <drzeus-list@drzeus.cx> writes:
>
> If the device never shows up than we will hang in an infinite loop.
> Previously we panic:ed instead, so this behaviour should be no
> worse.
Actually that's not correct. With panic=30 and lilo -R and a working
backup kernel a system can recover from this. With your endless loop it can't.
Always add some kind of timeout.
-Andi
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-05-18 16:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-05-14 12:19 Pierre Ossman
2007-05-14 12:34 ` Al Viro
2007-05-14 13:56 ` Pierre Ossman
2007-05-14 14:04 ` Haavard Skinnemoen
2007-05-14 15:18 ` [RFC][PATCH] Make prepare_namespace() wait for devices (v2) Pierre Ossman
2007-05-16 9:15 ` Haavard Skinnemoen
2007-05-16 12:31 ` Ben Nizette
2007-05-18 17:55 ` Andi Kleen [this message]
2007-05-18 17:09 ` [RFC][PATCH] Make prepare_namespace() wait for devices Pierre Ossman
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