linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] module: fix bne2 "gave up waiting for init of module libcrc32c"

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Date:	Wed, 2 Jun 2010 09:53:02 -0700
From:	Brandon Philips <brandon@...p.org>
To:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.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 2/2] module: fix bne2 "gave up waiting for init of
 module libcrc32c"

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@...e.de>

Thanks,

	Brandon
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