Messages in this thread | | | From | Tvrtko Ursulin <> | Subject | Re: fanotify - overall design before I start sending patches | Date | Thu, 6 Aug 2009 11:20:25 +0100 |
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On Thursday 06 August 2009 11:10:59 Pavel Machek wrote: > On Wed 2009-08-05 17:46:16, Tvrtko Ursulin wrote: > > Just to make sure you haven't missed this - it is not that they have to > > complete the whole operation before the timeout period (since you mention > > realtime/mlock I suspect this is what you think?), but _during_ the > > operation they have to show that they are active by sending something > > like keep alive messages. > > > > Or you are worried about failing to meet even that on a loaded system? > > There has to be something like this otherwise hung userspace client would > > kill the whole system. > > Of course, I'm worried about failing to meet this on loaded > system. And the fact that I _have_ to worry about that means that > interface is ugly/broken.
Would you prefer an infinite timeout instead? Maybe Eric could make it configurable. Or you have some other alternative ideas?
Tvrtko
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