Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [RFC] change in /proc/devices | Date | Tue, 25 Jan 2000 12:52:34 +0000 (GMT) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> > I think perhaps we need a module_lock that forbids just module load/unload > > when its held. A reader/writer lock with the unload as the writer and > > the rest as readers ? > > IMO I have a better variant. I'm doing an equivalent of routing for the > device numbers. I.e. maintain a tree of devno blocks. The lowest layer
You are solving only a tiny fraction of the problem. The block/char device case is far from the entire problem that solving the module problem seperately might be a good idea ?
Alan
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