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authorDavid Zeuthen <davidz@redhat.com>2012-05-24 11:26:34 -0400
committerDavid Zeuthen <davidz@redhat.com>2012-05-24 11:26:34 -0400
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Terminate runaway scripts
Signed-off-by: David Zeuthen <davidz@redhat.com>
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@@ -569,6 +569,13 @@ System Context | |
</para>
<para>
+ If user-provided code takes a long time to execute an exception
+ will be thrown which normally results in the function being
+ terminated (the current limit is 15 seconds). This is used to
+ catch runaway scripts.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
The <function>log()</function> method writes the given
<parameter>message</parameter> to the system logger. Log entries
are emitted using the <constant>LOG_AUTHPRIV</constant> flag