Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 16 May 2004 14:09:40 +0100 | From | Christoph Hellwig <> | Subject | Re: alpha fp-emu vs module refcounting |
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On Sun, May 16, 2004 at 04:44:20PM +0400, Ivan Kokshaysky wrote: > On Sun, May 16, 2004 at 12:04:35PM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > > Well, still false positives in grep. What about this patch to simply > > remove any traces of CONFIG_MATHEMU and modular math emulation? > > Personally, I'm fine with it. > > Yet another simple solution would be just to remove refcounting and > only allow modular build of math-emu when CONFIG_SMP=n, which is > safe vs module unload and still fine for debugging.
UP is not safe vs module unloading per se. Especially not with CONFIG_PREEMPT. I'd say just apply the patch and if someone badly needs modular mathemu for debugging he/she can apply some local hack.
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