Re: Race condition in module load causing undefined symbols

Pozsár Balázs
2005-06-11T20:18:43Z

On Sat, Jun 11, 2005 at 03:09:08PM -0500, Steve Lord wrote:
> Well, the bizarre part is that I think this has been around for a while,
> but it
> does not exhibit itself in redhat kernels which postdate the earliest
> recolloction of me seeing it. 2.6.11-rc1 is the earliest I remember,
> but I am not religious about updating the kernel on this box so
> my samples are spotty.
>
> The difference between the two may be that I recompile for a P4
> while redhat uses a lowest common denominator cpu type.
>
> If I get a chance this weekend I will try some other kernels and
> report back. Maybe just start out by dumbing down my cpu
> type.

I always used CONFIG_M586=y.

Did you turn preempt on? I did with the 2.6.12-rc, but not with the
(working) 2.6.9, so this migth be the difference.
Sorry, I do not have currently for testing.

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pozsy