Re: [RFC][PATCH] Make prepare_namespace() wait for devices

From: Pierre Ossman
Date: Fri May 18 2007 - 13:09:52 EST


Hi there brave visitor from the future ;)

Andi Kleen wrote:
> 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.
>
>

Did you check the second version? Is that sufficient or is a timeout a
must in your book?

Rgds

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