netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/2] net: Let inet_diag and friends autoload

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Message-Id: <E1Iin6h-000367-00@gondolin.me.apana.org.au>
Date:	Fri, 19 Oct 2007 16:21:23 +0800
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	davem@...emloft.net (David Miller)
Cc:	jdelvare@...e.de, netdev@...r.kernel.org, kuznet@....inr.ac.ru
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] net: Let inet_diag and friends autoload

David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote:
>
> I'm concerned it might be dangerous to load the module in
> this context, the RTNL semaphore is held and the module we
> are requesting could easily try to take it and deadlock.

We shouldn't be holding the RTNL here.  AFAICS we only hold
inet_diag_mutex which is used in just one spot.

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