Re: The disappearing sys_call_table export.

From: Terje Malmedal (terje.malmedal@usit.uio.no)
Date: Thu May 08 2003 - 10:29:55 EST

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[Christoph Hellwig]
>> The only problem I can see is that different modules overloading the
>> same function needs to be unloaded in the correct order. Is this the
>> only reason for removing it, or am I missing something?

> it's racy - and it doesn't work on half of the arches added over the
> last years.

Would you be so kind as to explain exactly what is racy? Just
asserting that it is does not help me understand anything.

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 - Terje
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