Re: [GIT PULL] Modules updates for v5.3

From: Prarit Bhargava
Date: Fri Jul 19 2019 - 07:38:12 EST




On 7/18/19 3:20 PM, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 18, 2019 at 4:33 AM Jessica Yu <jeyu@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Modules updates for v5.3
>>
>> - Fix bug where -EEXIST was being returned for going modules
>
> Hmm.
>
> I have pulled this, but this change makes me a bit nervous.
>
> I have this dim memory of us having deadlocks in module loading
> because module loading triggered other modules to be loaded, and we
> had circular dependencies..
>

Interesting. I'll try to search around to see if I can find the thread.

P.

> This is from years and years ago (that whole state check is not
> recent), so my memory may simply be wrong, but I thought I'd mention
> it...
>
> Linus
>