kaos@ocs.com.au said:
> get_module_symbol is only called from 8390.c. AFAICT, all of the
> calls to get_module_symbol eventually trace back to init_module which
> is always called with the big kernel lock. So as long as 8390 code
> does not sleep between calling get_module_symbol and incrementing the
> module use count then there are no races.
I could actually get away with the same myself; I only call it from an init
routine too. But even so, I think it's wrong to make that restriction on
callers of get_module_symbol().
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