Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 13 Apr 2006 11:24:01 -0700 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Kmod optimization |
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On Thu, Apr 13, 2006 at 08:03:45PM +0200, tyler@agat.net wrote: > Hi, > > the request_mod functions try to load automatically a module by running > a user mode process helper (modprobe). > > The user process is launched even if the module is already loaded. I > think it would be better to test if the module is already loaded.
Does this cause a problem somehow? request_mod is called _very_ infrequently from a normal kernel these days, so I really don't think this is necessary.
thanks,
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