Kroah-Hartman: AF_BUS, D-Bus, and the Linux kernel [LWN.net]

Kroah-Hartman: AF_BUS, D-Bus, and the Linux kernel

Posted Feb 10, 2013 4:51 UTC (Sun) by bronson (subscriber, #4806)
In reply to: Kroah-Hartman: AF_BUS, D-Bus, and the Linux kernel by quanstro
Parent article: Kroah-Hartman: AF_BUS, D-Bus, and the Linux kernel

Because the plumber is based on regexes with almost no prescribed policy. It sure looks like an unscalable maintenance nightmare to me. But, I admit, I haven't used it myself... Curious if my worries are unfounded.

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Kroah-Hartman: AF_BUS, D-Bus, and the Linux kernel

Posted Feb 10, 2013 14:33 UTC (Sun) by quanstro (guest, #77996) [Link]

don't get me wrong, i wasn't saying the plumber solved this problem, i
just think it solves a similar problem. and it's worth considering if
some of the mechanism might be right for this problem.

there are a few reasons this is never a problem on plan 9
1. private namespaces. each user has his own set of private namespaces.
users don't interfere with one another.
2. on a shared machine, the user imports the plumber from their terminal,
so if they plumb a pdf, the viewer starts on the terminal.