Re: [GIT PULL] Modules updates for v5.3

From: Linus Torvalds
Date: Thu Jul 18 2019 - 15:21:07 EST


On Thu, Jul 18, 2019 at 4:33 AM Jessica Yu <jeyu@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Modules updates for v5.3
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> - Fix bug where -EEXIST was being returned for going modules

Hmm.

I have pulled this, but this change makes me a bit nervous.

I have this dim memory of us having deadlocks in module loading
because module loading triggered other modules to be loaded, and we
had circular dependencies..

This is from years and years ago (that whole state check is not
recent), so my memory may simply be wrong, but I thought I'd mention
it...

Linus