Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:57:29 -0500 | From | Masami Hiramatsu <> | Subject | [PATCH 6/7] module: Add MODULE_STATE_LIVE notify |
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Add a module notifier call which notifies that the state of a module changes from MODULE_STATE_COMING to MODULE_STATE_LIVE.
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@redhat.com> --- kernel/module.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
Steven, Ananth told me that this patch might also help to solve cmpxchg problem.
Index: 2.6.28-rc4/kernel/module.c =================================================================== --- 2.6.28-rc4.orig/kernel/module.c +++ 2.6.28-rc4/kernel/module.c @@ -2346,6 +2346,8 @@ sys_init_module(void __user *umod, /* Now it's a first class citizen! Wake up anyone waiting for it. */ mod->state = MODULE_STATE_LIVE; wake_up(&module_wq); + blocking_notifier_call_chain(&module_notify_list, + MODULE_STATE_LIVE, mod);
mutex_lock(&module_mutex); /* Drop initial reference. */ -- Masami Hiramatsu
Software Engineer Hitachi Computer Products (America) Inc. Software Solutions Division
e-mail: mhiramat@redhat.com
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