Hi Andi,
Max Krasnyanskiy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:static struct module *load_module(void __user *umod, unsigned long len, const char __user *uargs) { .../* Now sew it into the lists so we can get lockdep and oops * info during argument parsing. Noone should access us, since * strong_try_module_get() will fail. */ stop_machine_run(__link_module, mod, NR_CPUS); ... }Wow you found some really bad code. I bet it wouldn't be that difficult to fix the code to allow oops safe list insertion without using the big stop machine overkill hammer.
Let me know if you have something in mind. When I get a chance I'll stare some more at that code and try to come up with an alternative solution. Thanx Max -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
