Re: devfs

Oliver Neukum (oliver@neukum.name)
Tue, 12 Nov 2002 13:51:08 +0100

> Actually, here's a question: are /sbin/hotplug upcalls serialized in
> some fashion? I'd hate to online a thousand devices in my disk array
> and have the machine forkbomb itself.

Nope, no serialisation. You don't have any guarantee even that
addition will be delivered before removal.

Regards
Oliver

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