From be4c87252e8031c3427ca14ad036981f09fd6369 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Zeuthen <davidz@redhat.com>
Date: Thu, 24 May 2012 11:26:34 -0400
Subject: Terminate runaway scripts

Signed-off-by: David Zeuthen <davidz@redhat.com>
---
 docs/man/polkit.xml | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

(limited to 'docs')

diff --git a/docs/man/polkit.xml b/docs/man/polkit.xml
index e822d79..de4bb4a 100644
--- a/docs/man/polkit.xml
+++ b/docs/man/polkit.xml
@@ -568,6 +568,13 @@ System Context         |                        |
       called.
     </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
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