linux-kernel - Re: module: When modifying a module's text ignore modules which are going away too

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Date:   Wed, 23 Nov 2016 11:00:49 -0500
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:     Jessica Yu <jeyu@...hat.com>
Cc:     Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        rusty@...tcorp.com.au
Subject: Re: module: When modifying a module's text ignore modules which are
 going away too

On Wed, 9 Nov 2016 05:40:58 -0500
Jessica Yu <jeyu@...hat.com> wrote:

> +++ Aaron Tomlin [07/11/16 11:46 +0000]:
> >Hi Jessica,
> >
> >Any thoughts?  
> 
> Hi Aaron,
> 
> Thanks for your patience as I slowly work through a large swath of emails :-)
> 
> Anyway, this looks fine to me. A going module's text should be (or
> soon will be) rw anyway, so checking for going modules in the ro
> case should be enough.
> 
> Rusty, if you give your ack for the second patch, I can apply both
> patches to my modules-next branch. I'll also incorporate Steven's
> suggestion for a comment explaining why going modules shouldn't be
> converted to ro in this context.
> 

Hi Jessica,

Have you pulled these in? I haven't noticed them in linux-next.

-- Steve