Re: [PATCH] Kmod optimization

[<tyler@agat.net>]

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On Thu, Apr 13, 2006 at 04:13:30PM -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> The kernel will not call out to try to resolve the symbols, that's up to
> userspace to handle.  Hint, try running 'modprobe moduleA.ko' instead,
> it will handle the dependancies correctly.
> 
> I still don't see where this is really needed...
> 
> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h

I meant, the purpose of request_module is to handle dependencies from the
kernel : if we need a functionnality, we request it. It's the definition
of dependency.

But I understood the mechanism by reading some request_module examples.
In fact, we test the avalaibility of the functionnality before calling
the request_module function.

So the case described in my previous message would normally never
happen.

if (!functionnality_not_avalaible) {
	module_request(functionnality)

	if (!functionnality_not_avalaible)
	    goto error;
}

Sorry, so the discussion is closed : forget it :)

-- 
tyler
tyler@agat.net


	

	
		
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