Messages in this thread | | | From | Oliver Neukum <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] udev enhancements to use kernel event queue | Date | Fri, 13 Jun 2003 22:01:47 +0200 |
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> + > + spin_lock(&sequence_lock); > + envp [i++] = scratch; > + scratch += sprintf(scratch, "SEQNUM=%ld", sequence_num) + 1; > + ++sequence_num; > + spin_unlock(&sequence_lock); > > kobj_path_length = get_kobj_path_length (kset, kobj); > kobj_path = kmalloc (kobj_path_length, GFP_KERNEL);
If this kmalloc fails, you'll have a hole in the numbers and user space will be very confused. You need to report dropped events if you do this.
Regards Oliver
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