Messages in this thread | | | From | "Adam J. Richter" <> | Date | Wed, 27 Nov 2002 16:25:50 -0800 | Subject | Re: Modules with list |
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Rusty Russel wrote: >In message <200211270722.XAA23313@adam.yggdrasil.com> you write: >> Rusty Russell wrote: >> >In message <200211260649.WAA22216@adam.yggdrasil.com> you write: >> >> >This would only happen if someone says "rmmod --wait". >> >> >As I realized last night after I wrote this, there is a bug in >> >module.c. If O_NONBLOCK is specified, we shouldn't drop the module >> >sempaphore at all, for exactly this reason. A bug I introduced while >> >"cleaning up" the "--wait" path. >> >> >Sorry for the confusion. >> >> Then if you do "rmmod --wait" on some module that is in use, >> every lsmod, insmod and rmmod will hang while attempting to acquire
>Sorry, that's why I said "*If O_NONBLOCK* is specified" (ie. still >drop it for the --wait case).
Oops! Sorry for misreading your message.
Even though it was not responsive to what you described, I do hope you see my point about the problem with "rmmod --wait".
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