linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] module: make locking more fine-grained.

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Date:	Tue, 1 Jun 2010 15:25:38 +0930
From:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
To:	Américo Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
Cc:	Brandon Philips <brandon@...p.org>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Jon Masters <jonathan@...masters.org>,
	Tejun Heo <htejun@...il.com>,
	Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...hat.com>,
	Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] module: make locking more fine-grained.

On Tue, 1 Jun 2010 03:08:42 pm Américo Wang wrote:
> On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 09:31:42PM +0930, Rusty Russell wrote:
> >@@ -783,9 +787,13 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(delete_module, const cha
> > 	/* Store the name of the last unloaded module for diagnostic purposes */
> > 	strlcpy(last_unloaded_module, mod->name, sizeof(last_unloaded_module));
> > 	ddebug_remove_module(mod->name);
> >+
> >+	/* free_module doesn't want module_mutex held by caller. */
> >+	mutex_unlock(&module_mutex);
> > 	free_module(mod);
> >-
> >- out:
> >+	goto out_stop;
> 
> As Stephen found in linux-next, this line doesn't pass compiling.
> I think this line should be just deleted.

Yep, I didn't commit my fixes to the backport before pushing & posting;
I've done that now.  You can get the usable one from the git tree:

        git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rusty/linux-2.6 modules

Thanks,
Rusty.
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