Re: [PATCH 2/2] hotplug resource limitation

[Greg KH]

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,

greg k-h
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