Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 10 Oct 1999 23:56:04 -0700 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: My $0.02 on devd and devfs |
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David Harris wrote: > > H. Peter Anvin wrote: > > Richard Gooch wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Actually, it works as a true notifier if equipped with a buffer > > > > (which only needs to be allocated when nonempty, which will not be > > > > the steady-state configuration.) This would actually be my > > > > preferred choice. > > > > > > OK, that's an improvement. But I still think it's a poor-man's > > > substitute. > > > > I disagree. I think it gives you a better framework for doing the right > > thing. > > What happens when the user-space daemon reading the notifier and maintaining > the database of devices crashes or is accidentally killed? Would there be any > way to get the device configuration back out of the kernel? Is this even > something that's worth worrying about? >
Depending on the kind of daemon used, it would either be respawned or the info would get queued up until it is restarted. I don't think it's particularly anything to worry about, though...
-hpa
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