physmap and "request_module: runaway loop modprobe net-pf-1"

David Miller davem at davemloft.net
Thu Apr 24 03:58:23 EDT 2008


From: David Woodhouse <dwmw2 at infradead.org>
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 08:24:12 +0100

> On Thu, 2008-04-24 at 00:20 -0700, David Miller wrote:
> > But won't the request_module() for AF_UNIX spit out that warning too?
> 
> Yes. If you build AF_UNIX as a module, it will. Just once though, before
> loading it (assuming it's available).
> 
> > Actually, I think I need a clarification.  It is the modular loader
> > utility in userspace which is trying to open up AF_UNIX sockets,
> > right?
> 
> Yes. Or probably libc.

Ok, I'll apply your patch, but really this all feels like a jumble
of hacks to me :-)



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