[systemd-devel] [PATCH] units/serial-getty at .service: use the default RestartSec

[Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek]

On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 06:28:10PM +0200, Michael Olbrich wrote:
> For pluggable ttys such as USB serial devices, the getty is restarted
> and exits in a loop until the remove event reaches systemd. Under
> certain circumstances the restart loop can overload the system in a
> way that prevents the remove event from reaching systemd for a long
> time (e.g. at least several minutes on a small embedded system).
> 
> Use the default RestartSec to prevent the restart loop from
> overloading the system. Serial gettys are interactive units, so
> waiting an extra 100ms really doesn't make a difference anyways
> compared to the time it takes the user to log in.
Applied.

Zbyszek