Re: kmod patch

Greg Zornetzer (gaz@andrew.cmu.edu)
Thu, 26 Mar 1998 16:39:18 -0500 (EST)


On Thu, 26 Mar 1998, Kirk Petersen wrote:

> > Okay - this is another kmod patch, either against 2.1.90 or 2.1.91pre1,
> > that implements multiple module loading, and dynamic allocation of
> > module loading memory.
>
> This patch seems to work for me, although I don't use any
> tricky modules. It seems like this should be added to the
> next version of the kernel. Although it isn't perfect, it seems
> to fix the last of the major problems.
> Anyone have major problems with it?
>
Hi Kirk,

The only reservation that I have is that memory somewhere appears to be
getting slightly trashed. From what I've heard about the state of the mm
system, I'm not totally sure if the kmod patch is tickling an existing
problem with memory management or is overwriting kernel data somewhere...
Considering that I've been unable to get kmod itself to oops, pointing out
a flaw is beyond me.

I guess only time and testing will tell...

> --
> Kirk Petersen
> speakeasy.org/~kirk/
>

Greg Zornetzer - gaz+@andrew.cmu.edu
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