From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 8 Mar 2001 06:46:32 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 8 Mar 2001 06:46:22 -0500 Received: from e21.nc.us.ibm.com ([32.97.136.227]:45808 "EHLO e21.nc.us.ibm.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 8 Mar 2001 06:46:11 -0500 Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2001 17:14:07 +0530 From: Maneesh Soni To: lse tech Cc: lkml , Andi Kleen , Keith Owens , Rusty Russell , Mortan Andrew Mortan , "A. N. Kuznetsov" , Miller David Miller Subject: [Patch] Module Unloading using Read-Copy-Update Message-ID: <20010308171407.A5594@in.ibm.com> Reply-To: smaneesh@in.ibm.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hello, In this post I would like to submit a patch providing a two phase cleanup logic for solving the module unloading races in linux. It uses the deferred update interface provided by the Read-Copy-Update mechanism. A patch with implementation of Read-Copy-Update on linux has been posted earlier on lkml and lse-tech by Dipankar Sarma http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=lse-tech&m=98292649600654&w=2 In this first version of the new cleanup logic, I have tried to keep the changes lesser. Please download the patch and a readme along with a few testcases from http://lse.sourceforge.net/locking/module_unloading-2.4.1-0.1.tar.gz Thank you, Maneesh -- Maneesh Soni Linux Technology Center, IBM Software Labs, Bangalore, INDIA Phone: +91-80-5262355 Extn: 2717 --