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SubjectRe: [PATCH v3 0/4] kmod: help make deterministic
On Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 12:44:42AM +0200, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 26, 2017 at 11:37:36PM +0200, Jessica Yu wrote:
> > +++ Kees Cook [20/06/17 17:23 -0700]:
> > > On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 1:56 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@kernel.org> wrote:
> > > > On Fri, May 26, 2017 at 02:12:24PM -0700, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
> > > > > Luis R. Rodriguez (4):
> > > > > module: use list_for_each_entry_rcu() on find_module_all()
> > > > > kmod: reduce atomic operations on kmod_concurrent and simplify
> > > > > kmod: add test driver to stress test the module loader
> > > > > kmod: throttle kmod thread limit
> > > >
> > > > About a month now with no further nitpicks. What tree should these changes
> > > > go through if there are no issues? Andrew's, Jessica's ?
> > >
> > > Seems like going through Jessica's would make the most sense?
> >
> > Would be happy to take patches 01 (which I need to anyway), 02,
> > possibly 04 if decoupled from the test driver (03).
>
> Feel free to decouple it, but note that then the commit log must then be
> changed. My own take is this fix is not so critical as it is a corner case, so
> I have instead preferred to couple in the test case and respective fix
> together. I'll leave it up to you how to proceed.

Note: Linus noted swait is actually very special use-case [0] so I'd hate to
add a new use case not vetted for. This use case on kmod.c really does *not*
require anything but a simple wait though, so really am inclined to let that
through unless I hear back...

[0] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170627001534.GK21846@wotan.suse.de

Luis

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