Messages in this thread | | | From | David Woodhouse <> | Subject | Re: [idea] request_module(const char *fmt, ...); | Date | Thu, 13 Jan 2000 11:09:03 +0000 |
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tigran@sco.COM said: > Q. What is the right design decision for Linux - to have a CONFIG_KMOD > dependency in the header that declares request_module() or to have > an extra function call in a non-performance critical code path that > invokes request_module() but avoid the dependency?
Personally, I think we should avoid the dependency, and put up with the tiny amount of extra time it takes in non-critical code paths - if it's trying a request_module but kmod isn't present, then it's almost invariably going to fail to do what it was intending to do anyway - so who cares about a few extra cycles?
But The Master will speak, or more likely he'll just do what he thinks is best and we'll work it out from that :)
-- dwmw2
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