From: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
To: Werner Almesberger <wa@almesberger.net>
Cc: kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru, Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org>,
kronos@kronoz.cjb.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] Migrating net/sched to new module interface
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 14:31:27 +1100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030116033343.C87CF2C33D@lists.samba.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 15 Jan 2003 23:42:58 -0300." <20030115234258.E1521@almesberger.net>
In message <20030115234258.E1521@almesberger.net> you write:
> > And remember why we're doing it: for a fairly obscure race condition.
>
> No, I want to do this to fix the reason for the fix for the
> obscure race condition :-)
Semantics.
> Also, all this smells of a fundamental design problem: modules
> aren't the only things that can become unavailable. So why
> construct a special mechanism that only applies to modules ?
NO NO NO. Listen *carefully*.
The ONLY time that FUNCTIONS vanish is when MODULES get UNLOADED (or
fail to LOAD).
So you're suggesting we should lock ALL functions the way we lock all
other datastructures. I look forward to your compiler patch.
I've explained this multiple times. If you're not convinced, fine.
Rusty.
--
Anyone who quotes me in their sig is an idiot. -- Rusty Russell.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-01-16 3:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 73+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-01-02 22:50 [RFC] Migrating net/sched to new module interface Kronos
2003-01-03 5:10 ` Rusty Russell
2003-01-03 8:37 ` David S. Miller
2003-01-04 6:09 ` Rusty Russell
2003-01-04 16:21 ` Kronos
2003-01-13 22:32 ` kuznet
2003-01-13 23:23 ` Max Krasnyansky
2003-01-14 17:49 ` Kronos
2003-01-15 0:21 ` Roman Zippel
2003-01-15 1:19 ` kuznet
2003-01-15 7:31 ` Werner Almesberger
2003-01-15 8:16 ` Rusty Russell
2003-01-15 9:33 ` Werner Almesberger
2003-01-16 1:12 ` Rusty Russell
2003-01-16 2:42 ` Werner Almesberger
2003-01-16 3:31 ` Rusty Russell [this message]
2003-01-16 4:20 ` Werner Almesberger
2003-01-16 4:25 ` David S. Miller
2003-01-16 4:49 ` Werner Almesberger
2003-01-16 16:05 ` Roman Zippel
2003-01-16 18:15 ` Roman Zippel
2003-01-16 18:58 ` Werner Almesberger
2003-01-16 23:53 ` Roman Zippel
2003-01-17 1:04 ` Greg KH
2003-01-17 2:27 ` Rusty Russell
2003-01-17 21:40 ` Roman Zippel
2003-02-13 23:16 ` Werner Almesberger
2003-02-14 1:57 ` Rusty Russell
2003-02-14 3:44 ` Werner Almesberger
2003-02-14 11:16 ` Roman Zippel
2003-02-14 12:04 ` Rusty Russell
2003-02-14 12:49 ` Roman Zippel
2003-02-17 1:59 ` Rusty Russell
2003-02-17 10:53 ` Roman Zippel
2003-02-17 23:31 ` Rusty Russell
2003-02-18 12:26 ` Roman Zippel
2003-02-14 13:21 ` Roman Zippel
2003-02-14 13:53 ` Werner Almesberger
2003-02-14 14:24 ` Roman Zippel
2003-02-14 18:30 ` Werner Almesberger
2003-02-14 20:09 ` Roman Zippel
2003-02-15 0:12 ` Werner Almesberger
2003-02-15 0:51 ` Roman Zippel
2003-02-15 2:28 ` Werner Almesberger
2003-02-15 23:20 ` Roman Zippel
2003-02-17 17:04 ` Werner Almesberger
2003-02-17 23:09 ` [RFC] Is an alternative module interface needed/possible? Roman Zippel
2003-02-18 1:18 ` Werner Almesberger
2003-02-18 4:54 ` Rusty Russell
2003-02-18 7:20 ` Werner Almesberger
2003-02-18 12:06 ` Roman Zippel
2003-02-18 14:12 ` Werner Almesberger
2003-02-18 12:45 ` Thomas Molina
2003-02-18 17:22 ` Werner Almesberger
2003-02-19 3:30 ` Rusty Russell
2003-02-19 4:11 ` Werner Almesberger
2003-02-19 23:38 ` Rusty Russell
2003-02-20 9:46 ` Roman Zippel
2003-02-20 0:40 ` Roman Zippel
2003-02-20 2:17 ` Werner Almesberger
2003-02-23 16:02 ` Roman Zippel
2003-02-26 23:26 ` Werner Almesberger
2003-02-27 12:34 ` Roman Zippel
2003-02-27 13:20 ` Werner Almesberger
2003-02-27 14:33 ` Roman Zippel
2003-02-23 23:34 ` Kevin O'Connor
2003-02-24 12:14 ` Roman Zippel
2003-02-18 12:35 ` Roman Zippel
2003-02-18 14:14 ` Werner Almesberger
2003-02-19 1:48 ` Roman Zippel
2003-02-19 2:27 ` Werner Almesberger
2003-01-16 13:44 ` [RFC] Migrating net/sched to new module interface Roman Zippel
2003-01-15 17:04 ` Roman Zippel
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