linux-kernel - Re: Module loading/unloading and "The Stop Machine"

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Message-ID: <df9815e70802132102v7eb7d8e9k4d6b21ffa6325d0d@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 14 Feb 2008 13:02:06 +0800
From:	"Jike Song" <albcamus@...il.com>
To:	"Max Krasnyansky" <maxk@...lcomm.com>
Cc:	rusty@...tcorp.com.au, "Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Linus Torvalds" <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: Module loading/unloading and "The Stop Machine"

On 2/8/08, Max Krasnyansky <maxk@...lcomm.com> wrote:
> Hi Rusty,
>
> I was hopping you could answer a couple of questions about module loading/unloading
> and the stop machine.

I'm curious to know why it is called `stop machine', which is a queer
name without any relationship with its function.

Regards,
Jike
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