Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755695AbXENOEu (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 May 2007 10:04:50 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754130AbXENOEo (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 May 2007 10:04:44 -0400 Received: from nat-132.atmel.no ([80.232.32.132]:60930 "EHLO relay.atmel.no" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753640AbXENOEo (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 May 2007 10:04:44 -0400 Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 16:04:03 +0200 From: Haavard Skinnemoen To: Pierre Ossman Cc: Al Viro , LKML Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] Make prepare_namespace() wait for devices Message-ID: <20070514160403.6414f149@dhcp-252-105.norway.atmel.com> In-Reply-To: <46486A7F.8050705@drzeus.cx> References: <464853D9.70904@drzeus.cx> <20070514123436.GB4095@ftp.linux.org.uk> <46486A7F.8050705@drzeus.cx> Organization: Atmel Norway X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 2.6.0 (GTK+ 2.8.20; i486-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 765 Lines: 20 On Mon, 14 May 2007 15:56:15 +0200 Pierre Ossman wrote: > > As for the patch, an infinite loop is *much* worse than a panic. > > When one is installing a new kernel on remote box, having it > > booted with reboot on panic and loader falling back to old > > kernel on the next boot is a bloody good idea - gives you extra > > safety. With your patch it will get the box stuck. > > > > Ok. So a timeout or having the entire thing Kconfig optional? How about command-line optional? Haavard - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/