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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2017-02-04 18:14:12 +0100
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2017-02-06 10:51:25 +0100
commit36c4917c910f434524aae32725582d5bc51a44e0 (patch)
tree8011f0d4cd6c6404c9f62603b3dc39f9bf7fc9fd
parent168aba297866295d96779239e9662821ce9e66ae (diff)
downloadguix-36c4917c910f434524aae32725582d5bc51a44e0.tar.gz
linux-container: Add comment on exception handling.
* gnu/build/linux-container.scm (run-container): Add note about writing
the exceptions.
-rw-r--r--gnu/build/linux-container.scm2
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/build/linux-container.scm b/gnu/build/linux-container.scm
index cd71239527..dd56a79232 100644
--- a/gnu/build/linux-container.scm
+++ b/gnu/build/linux-container.scm
@@ -235,6 +235,8 @@ host user identifiers to map into the user namespace."
                                                                namespaces)))
                     (lambda args
                       ;; Forward the exception to the parent process.
+                      ;; FIXME: SRFI-35 conditions and non-trivial objects
+                      ;; cannot be 'read' so they shouldn't be written as is.
                       (write args child)
                       (primitive-exit 3))))
                 ;; TODO: Manage capabilities.