Re: Revert "module: error out early on concurrent load of the same module file"

From: Dan Williams
Date: Tue May 30 2023 - 19:05:32 EST


Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Tue, May 30, 2023 at 6:19 PM Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > I know that the "Link:" for "mailing-list thread where patch originated"
> > is mostly useless information [1], but when it comes to quickly reporting
> > test results on the output of "git bisect", it comes in handy.
>
> It was literally there in this case. We had multiple links, and you
> may just have been overwhelmed by the pure cornucopia of links.
>
> In this case is was the third one:
>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/ZG%2Fa+nrt4%2FAAUi5z@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> [3]
>
> which linked to that thread.
>
> It's the links to pure patch submissions that are useless (ie the
> "this is where I sent the patch"). Those lore can find for you
> automatically.
>
> Links to actual threads with background and test commentary are
> useful, and I add those myself. There were several of them.

Yes, my bad, I was lost in the cornucopia of that thread.