linux-kernel - Re: physmap and "request_module: runaway loop modprobe net-pf-1"

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Message-Id: <20080423.231055.193687131.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Wed, 23 Apr 2008 23:10:55 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	dwmw2@...radead.org
Cc:	gordonfarquharson@...il.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: physmap and "request_module: runaway loop modprobe net-pf-1"

From: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 06:49:03 +0100

> On Wed, 2008-04-23 at 22:01 -0600, Gordon Farquharson wrote:
> > I guess the question is which patch (if either) is more appealing.
> 
> I definitely think we should initialise AF_UNIX sockets earlier. At
> least request_module() _can_ work then, if you want it to and you set up
> userspace accordingly.

I'm not so sure, for example, what if AF_UNIX is built modular?
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