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Re:size_t-to-int vulnerability in Linux’s filesystem layer by WGH_ on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @04:16AM (#27903700)
> It sounds like using systemd is a terrible idea for memory-constrained devices, so you really don’t want to see it in the embedded world.

On the other hand, proper event-driven init system (instead of horrible shell scripts with all sorts of fragile "sleep"s and other hacks) sounds sexy for an embedded system. I sometimes get annoyed how home routers, NAS, etc. are slow to boot up

Though the embedded systems I refer to have much more than 16 MB of RAM, more like 128 and up.

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Re:size_t-to-int vulnerability in Linux’s filesystem layer by GoblinSlayer on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @07:28AM (#27904857)
Is there a list of init systems that aren't made of shell scripts? Epoch is the only one I found.
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