Re: [1/1] connector/CBUS: new messaging subsystem. Revision number next.

[Evgeniy Polyakov <johnpol@2ka.mipt.ru>]

On Tue, 26 Apr 2005 12:31:58 -0500
Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com> wrote:

> > There may not be the same work with different data.
> > 
> 
> Ugh, that really blows. Now every user of a particular message type
> has to coordinate efforts with other users of the same message type...
> 
> Imability to "fire and forget" undermines usefulness of whole
> connector. How will you for example implement hotplug notification
> over connector? Have kobject_hotplug wait and block other instances?
> But wait on what?

This is a simple load balancing schema.
Netlink messages may be dropped in socket queue when 
they are bing delivered to userspace - this is the same - 
if work queue can not be scheduled, message will be dropped,
but in this case userspace also can not be scheduled
and message will be dropped.
 
> -- 
> Dmitry
> 


	Evgeniy Polyakov

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