From: "Adam J. Richter" <adam@yggdrasil.com>
To: rusty@rustcorp.com.au
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Another idea for simplifying locking in kernel/module.c
Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2003 00:53:15 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200301070853.AAA04065@baldur.yggdrasil.com> (raw)
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).
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next reply other threads:[~2003-01-07 8:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-01-07 8:53 Adam J. Richter [this message]
2003-01-09 20:41 ` Another idea for simplifying locking in kernel/module.c Max Krasnyansky
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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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