Re: physmap and "request_module: runaway loop modprobe net-pf-1"

From: David Woodhouse
Date: Thu Apr 24 2008 - 01:49:24 EST


On Wed, 2008-04-23 at 22:01 -0600, Gordon Farquharson wrote:
> I guess the question is which patch (if either) is more appealing.

I definitely think we should initialise AF_UNIX sockets earlier. At
least request_module() _can_ work then, if you want it to and you set up
userspace accordingly.

I'm also tempted to reduce the proliferation of modules in drivers/mtd
and turn the various partition options into booleans, though. Your
original patch is close, but I don't think it works in the CONFIG_MTD=m
case. I think we need to modify drivers/mtd/Makefile too, along these
lines:

diff --git a/drivers/mtd/Makefile b/drivers/mtd/Makefile
index 4b77335..6137eec 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/mtd/Makefile
@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_MTD) += mtd.o
mtd-y := mtdcore.o mtdsuper.o
mtd-$(CONFIG_MTD_PARTITIONS) += mtdpart.o

-obj-$(CONFIG_MTD_CONCAT) += mtdconcat.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_MTD_REDBOOT_PARTS) += redboot.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_MTD_CMDLINE_PARTS) += cmdlinepart.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_MTD_AFS_PARTS) += afs.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_MTD_AR7_PARTS) += ar7part.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_MTD_OF_PARTS) += ofpart.o
+mtd-$(CONFIG_MTD_CONCAT) += mtdconcat.o
+mtd-$(CONFIG_MTD_REDBOOT_PARTS) += redboot.o
+mtd-$(CONFIG_MTD_CMDLINE_PARTS) += cmdlinepart.o
+mtd-$(CONFIG_MTD_AFS_PARTS) += afs.o
+mtd-$(CONFIG_MTD_AR7_PARTS) += ar7part.o
+mtd-$(CONFIG_MTD_OF_PARTS) += ofpart.o

# 'Users' - code which presents functionality to userspace.
obj-$(CONFIG_MTD_CHAR) += mtdchar.o


I'll play with it.

--
dwmw2

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