Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 9 Aug 2004 17:10:16 -0700 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/2] hotplug resource limitation |
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On Mon, Aug 09, 2004 at 03:07:15PM +0200, Hannes Reinecke wrote: > Hi all, > this is the second patch to implement hotplug resource limitation > (relative to 2.6.7-rc2-mm2). > > In some cases it is preferrable to adapt the number of concurrent > hotplug processes on the fly in addition to set the number statically > during boot.
Why? This should be "auto-tuning". We don't want to provide yet-another-knob-for-people-to-tweak-from-userspace, right?
> Additionally, it might be required to disable hotplug / > kmod event delivery altogether for debugging purposes (e.g. if a module > loaded automatically is crashing the machine).
Ugh, that's just not a good thing at all. You can do that by running: echo /bin/true > /proc/sys/kernel/hotplug today if you have to. I don't like the ability to stop the kernel from running properly, like this patch allows you to.
thanks,
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