On Mon, 15 Oct 2001 21:41:49 -0700 (PDT),
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com> wrote:
> s_seek()
> {
> struct mod_sym *v = p;
> int mod_nr = pos >> 32;
> while (mod_nr && v->mod) {
> mod_nr--;
> v->mod = v->mod->next;
> };
> }
If a module is deleted between calls to s_seek() and that deletion is
before mod_nr then the caller has seen the deleted module but a later
module will transiently disappear. I don't see how counting on a
linked list which is subject to deletion at any point can deliver
reliable results. Seeing the old module is wrong but acceptable. Not
seeing a module that still exists is wrong.
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