From: Stephen Hemminger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2006 11:31:39 -0700
> If socket create call races with module unload, it correctly > fails the socket call but doesn't return an error. This race > is theoritical because the sock->ops are always the same and > non-modular. > > Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I think the intention of the code is to return -EAFNOSUPPORT which is set explicitly some lines above, and this makes sense because if we can't grab onto the module reference count it means the module is in the process of being unloaded. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
