Re: CPU Hotplug: Hotplug Script And SIGPWR

From: Rusty Russell
Date: Wed Jan 21 2004 - 03:15:04 EST


In message <400DFC8B.7020906@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> you write:
> Or doesn't anybody care to think about hoplug scripts failing?
> (serious question)

It seems not. I don't neccessarily agree with it, but we'll see how
it goes.

Guarantees are hard: if the script is supposed to fork something and
you're out of memory, what do you do?

Cheers,
Rusty.
--
Anyone who quotes me in their sig is an idiot. -- Rusty Russell.
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