Re: [PATCH 2/2] module: fix bne2 "gave up waiting for init ofmodule libcrc32c"

From: Brandon Philips
Date: Wed Jun 02 2010 - 13:03:00 EST


On 23:36 Wed 02 Jun 2010, Rusty Russell wrote:
> On Wed, 2 Jun 2010 04:51:46 pm Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > On Wed, 2 Jun 2010, Rusty Russell wrote:
> > >
> > > Moved all the sysfs-exposing stuff to the end just after we put in the
> > > list (and thus to after the find check).
> >
> > Yeah, makes more sense that way. No reason to expose anything to sysfs
> > early. And splitting it into two patches makes it easier to follow than
> > the patch I posted. Ack.
>
> Found another locking issue: the code which verifies we don't export over
> an existing symbol needs to be atomic wrt. adding us to the list.
>
...
> are available in the git repository at:
>
> ssh://master.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rusty/linux-2.6 modules

I tested this on the machine with the bnx2/libcrc32c issue and it
works. Feel free to add Tested-by: Brandon Philips <bphilips@xxxxxxx>

Thanks,

Brandon
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