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From: Max Krasnyansky <maxk@qualcomm.com>
To: "Adam J. Richter" <adam@yggdrasil.com>, rusty@rustcorp.com.au
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Another idea for simplifying locking in kernel/module.c
Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2003 12:41:39 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20030109124002.079f1228@mail1.qualcomm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200301070853.AAA04065@baldur.yggdrasil.com>

At 12:53 AM 1/7/2003 -0800, Adam J. Richter wrote:
>I wrote:
>>        Here is a way to replace all of the specialized "stop CPU"
>>locking code in kernel/module.c with an rw_semaphore by using
>>down_read_trylock in try_module_get() and down_write when beginning to
>>unload the module.
>>
>>        The following UNTESTED patch, a net deletion of 136 lines,
>
>        I am running that patch now on two computers.  It seems to
>be OK.
>
>        Rusty, I'd be interested in knowing what you think of the
>patch (likewise for other lkml readers).

We have to be able to call try_module_get() from interrupt context.

Max


  reply	other threads:[~2003-01-09 20:33 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-01-07  8:53 Adam J. Richter
2003-01-09 20:41 ` Max Krasnyansky [this message]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2003-01-10 12:18 Adam J. Richter
2003-01-10 11:16 Adam J. Richter
2003-01-11  3:53 ` Rusty Russell
2003-01-10  9:38 Adam J. Richter
2003-01-10  9:10 Adam J. Richter
2003-01-10  9:38 ` Andre Hedrick
2003-01-10 10:15   ` Rusty Russell
2003-01-11 14:46   ` Bill Davidsen
2003-01-10 10:11 ` Rusty Russell
2003-01-07  2:19 Adam J. Richter
2003-01-08 11:46 ` Rusty Russell

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