Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 12 Jun 2003 15:03:35 -0700 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] udev enhancements to use kernel event queue |
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Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> wrote: > > > 3) /sbin/hotplug events can occur out of order, eg: remove event occurs, > > /sbin/hotplug sleeps waiting for something, insert event occurs and > > completes immediately. Then the remove event completes, after the > > insert, resulting in out-of-order completion and a broken /dev. I have > > seen this several times with udev. > > I responded: > Yes this happens. I have a fix for this for udev itself. No > kernel changes are needed. I'll show it at OLS in July if you > want to see it :)
This is a significantly crappy aspect of the /sbin/hotplug callout. I'd be very interested in reading an outline of how you propose fixing it, without waiting until OLS, thanks.
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