[PATCH] remove usage of g_assert() in blockdev

[Doug Goldstein]

Kay Sievers wrote:
> On 11/13/06, David Zeuthen <david at fubar.dk> wrote:
>> Going forward we probably want to rethink how we do coldplug and ensure
>> it's synchronized with the rest of the system. Which probably means
>> recommending distributors to start HAL just before udev (without any
>> sysfs coldplug) and then relying on udev's coldplugging code to emit the
>> right uevents. But there are probably subtble issues to doing that;
>> you'd have to ensure that all entries that HAL care about in sysfs
>> actually triggers uevents. That's definitely not true today. Kay?
> 
> We can get all what we need from udev. The coldplug-code in udev and
> HAL is indentical. The reworked HAL coldplug (current git) is almost a
> plain copy of the udevtrigger (version 102) code.
> 
> But we would need to move to /lib/hal and /sbin with all the tools,
> because some (confused) people think that /usr should be on a
> different partition, or worse behind a different storage adapter or
> even on nfs. I'm totally convinced that this is crazy, but I'm almost
> never able to make my point with these guys. :)

Kay,

All you're doing is showing your complete lack of UNIX & Linux
experience and knowledge with a statement like that. I won't even go on
to attempt to give you the countless valid reasons but I will tell you I
have been passing your statement around to IT people and we've all been
sharing a laugh at your expense.

> 
>> Starting HAL late and doing coldplug while other processes are loading
>> drivers (cause uevents to be triggered) is just too dangerous and leads
>> to bugs like these I think. Danny's fix is appropriate right now, it's
>> probably better not to crash and just have one device less than to
>> totally crash.
> 
> Right. We should give it a try to move HAL to the rootfs, and
> integrate it into the udev colplug process. It sounds like a nice
> option, even when we break some silly setups, it's probably worth to
> do it that way.

This is clearly the most idiotic move. It would not break "silly"
setups. It would break many setups and I believe would be the breaking
point for many people who already approach HAL with some level of dislike.

> 
> Kay
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Doug Goldstein <cardoe at gentoo.org>
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