From: Herbert Xu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 16:21:23 +0800
> David Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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. You're right. I'll reconsider these patches. - 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
