linux-kernel - [PATCH v3 2/4] module: Update a comment describing what is protected by module

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Message-Id: <20221016123031.3963-3-petr.pavlu@suse.com>
Date:   Sun, 16 Oct 2022 14:30:29 +0200
From:   Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@...e.com>
To:     mcgrof@...nel.org
Cc:     pmladek@...e.com, david@...hat.com, linux-modules@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@...e.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3 2/4] module: Update a comment describing what is protected by module_mutex

Signed-off-by: Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@...e.com>
---
 kernel/module/main.c | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/module/main.c b/kernel/module/main.c
index a12e177ea81f..5288843ca40f 100644
--- a/kernel/module/main.c
+++ b/kernel/module/main.c
@@ -62,10 +62,11 @@
 
 /*
  * Mutex protects:
- * 1) List of modules (also safely readable with preempt_disable),
+ * 1) list of modules (also safely readable with preempt_disable, delete and add
+ *    uses RCU list operations).
  * 2) module_use links,
- * 3) mod_tree.addr_min/mod_tree.addr_max.
- * (delete and add uses RCU list operations).
+ * 3) mod_tree.addr_min/mod_tree.addr_max,
+ * 4) list of unloaded_tainted_modules.
  */
 DEFINE_MUTEX(module_mutex);
 LIST_HEAD(modules);
-- 
2.35.3