Re: [PATCH] Kmod optimization

[Greg KH]

On Thu, Apr 13, 2006 at 08:03:45PM +0200, tyler@xxxxxxxx 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,

greg k-h
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