Re: [RFC] race in request_module()

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> * there is no way to distinguish between failing modprobe and successful
> one followed by rmmod -a (e.g. called by cron). For one thing, we
> don't pass exit value of modprobe to caller of request_module().

> Comments?

Please do not concern yourself with rmmod -a running from cron.
For one thing, it helpfuly removes your USB keyboard support.
I do not think any distributions install it anymore.

-- Pete
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