linux-kernel - Re: Revert "module: error out early on concurrent load of the same module file"

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Message-ID: <647680eb675cb_1c5f629485@dwillia2-xfh.jf.intel.com.notmuch>
Date:   Tue, 30 May 2023 16:04:11 -0700
From:   Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
CC:     Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@...il.com>,
        Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-cxl@...r.kernel.org>,
        <mcgrof@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: Revert "module: error out early on concurrent load of the same
 module file"

Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Tue, May 30, 2023 at 6:19 PM Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com> wrote:
> >
> > I know that the "Link:" for "mailing-list thread where patch originated"
> > is mostly useless information [1], but when it comes to quickly reporting
> > test results on the output of "git bisect", it comes in handy.
> 
> It was literally there in this case. We had multiple links, and you
> may just have been overwhelmed by the pure cornucopia of links.
> 
> In this case is was the third one:
> 
>     Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/ZG%2Fa+nrt4%2FAAUi5z@bombadil.infradead.org/
> [3]
> 
> which linked to that thread.
> 
> It's the links to pure patch submissions that are useless (ie the
> "this is where I sent the patch"). Those lore can find for you
> automatically.
> 
> Links to actual threads with background and test commentary are
> useful, and I add those myself. There were several of them.

Yes, my bad, I was lost in the cornucopia of that thread.