| lists.openwall.net | lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC | |
|
Open Source and information security mailing list archives
| ||
|
Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2007 18:51:53 +0000 From: Paul Rolland (ポール・ロラン) <rol@...be.net> To: eric.valette@...e.fr Cc: Rob Hussey <robjhussey@...il.com>, flamingice@...rmilk.net, andreamrl@...cali.it, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, rol@...be.net, Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net> Subject: Re: rtl8187 driver in 2.6.23-rc6-git5: kernel panic if not used as a module. Works as a module. Hi Eric, On Sat, 15 Sep 2007 20:30:14 +0200 Eric Valette <eric.valette@...e.fr> wrote: > Rob Hussey wrote: > > On 9/15/07, Eric Valette <eric.valette@...e.fr> wrote: > >> Eric Valette wrote: > >> > > Thanks for your help: it does indeed fix the problem. Nice it works for you too ! > Now I have two side questions: > - the code is no more symetric "subsys_initcall" -> "module_exit". > Do not know if it is "normal" but I love symmetry in code :-). Did not test > it still works as a module... Symmetry is not broken, as we have : #define subsys_initcall(fn) module_init(fn) in include/linux/init.h where compiling as a module, and when not compiling as a module, I doubt the exit function is called unless you are shuting down your machine... > - Who takes the responsability to push a patch to Linus? I guess it > is urgent unless he plans a rc7 Good point ! I expect the patches to be already in some queue waiting to be pulled ! - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
Powered by blists - more mailing lists