linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kobj_uevent: Ignore if some listeners cannot handle message

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Message-ID: <CAPXgP10dYJv0aS_WwUqJr=YEz7WVp1abvED=fKEmOPp42ZRP6A@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 22 Aug 2011 18:24:19 +0200
From:	Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org>
To:	Milan Broz <mbroz@...hat.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, dm-devel@...hat.com,
	ebiederm@...ssion.com, greg@...ah.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kobj_uevent: Ignore if some listeners cannot handle message

On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 15:51, Milan Broz <mbroz@...hat.com> wrote:
> kobject_uevent() uses a multicast socket and should ignore
> if one of listeners cannot handle messages or nobody is
> listening at all.
>
> Easily reproducible when a process in system is cloned
> with CLONE_NEWNET flag.

> -                       if (retval == -ENOBUFS)
> +                       if (retval == -ENOBUFS || retval == -ESRCH)

Looks good to me.

Kay
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