linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] call sysrq_timer_list

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Date:	Tue, 8 Jan 2008 16:51:19 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
Cc:	Kyle McMartin <kyle@...artin.ca>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] call sysrq_timer_list_show from a workqueue


* Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au> wrote:

> On Tuesday 08 January 2008 22:33:23 Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > * Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au> wrote:
> > > +/* FIXME: Risky: returns a pointer into a module w/o lock */
> >
> > stupid question: since module unloads are so rare, why isnt this via 
> > the same mechanism that CPU hotplug uses to securely unregister 
> > CPUs? I.e. quiet all CPUs, disable irqs on all of them, then unlink 
> > the module.
> 
> That's what we do.  This old locking stuff is legacy.

oh, wonderful :-)

> And here's the patch for the FIXME (which I put in to remind myself):
> 
> Make module_address_lookup safe

cool :-)

finally we have a _really_ sane symbols subsystem. Kudos :)

	Ingo
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