From owner-cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 31 08:06:57 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: cvs-src@freebsd.org Delivered-To: cvs-src@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2FFAE16A432; Fri, 31 Mar 2006 08:06:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peterjeremy@optushome.com.au) Received: from mail07.syd.optusnet.com.au (mail07.syd.optusnet.com.au [211.29.132.188]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 46FE743D45; Fri, 31 Mar 2006 08:06:56 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from peterjeremy@optushome.com.au) Received: from turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org (c220-239-19-236.belrs4.nsw.optusnet.com.au [220.239.19.236]) by mail07.syd.optusnet.com.au (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id k2V86sMI017853 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NO); Fri, 31 Mar 2006 19:06:55 +1100 Received: from turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org (localhost.vk2pj.dyndns.org [127.0.0.1]) by turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k2V86sEZ001127; Fri, 31 Mar 2006 19:06:54 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from peter@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org) Received: (from peter@localhost) by turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id k2V86sR2001126; Fri, 31 Mar 2006 19:06:54 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from peter) Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 19:06:54 +1100 From: Peter Jeremy To: "Christian S.J. Peron" Message-ID: <20060331080654.GB776@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org> References: <200603302104.k2UL4qF7086165@repoman.freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200603302104.k2UL4qF7086165@repoman.freebsd.org> X-PGP-Key: http://members.optusnet.com.au/peterjeremy/pubkey.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Cc: cvs-src@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/syslogd syslogd.c X-BeenThere: cvs-src@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the src tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 08:06:57 -0000 On Thu, 2006-Mar-30 21:04:52 +0000, Christian S.J. Peron wrote: > This change allows syslogd to ignore ENOSPC space errors, so that when the > filesystem is cleaned up, syslogd will automatically start logging again > without requiring the reset. This makes syslogd(8) a bit more reliable. My sole concern with this is that this means that syslogd will keep trying to write to the full filesystem - and the kernel will log the attempts to write to a full filesystem. Whilst there's rate limiting in the kernel, this sort of feedback loop is undesirable. -- Peter Jeremy