Re: [PATCH 1/3] module: create a request_module_nowait()

Rusty Russell
2009-02-09T06:32:33Z

On Monday 09 February 2009 05:12:01 Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> This patch changes this to use a request_module_nowait() function macro instead,
> which just fires the modprobe off but doesn't wait for it, and thus avoids the
> original deadlock entirely.

Nice, applied. Made one change; I've taken to using the new-fangled bool
type for flag args, for slight extra clarity.

(Which uncovered another interesting issue, which lead to several more
patches).

Thanks,
Rusty.