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Richard Weinberger wrote:
> Running a x86_64 kernel without ia32 emulation and a x86 user land
> triggers this issue.

Executing /sbin/modprobe for x86_32 on an x86_64 kernel without x86_32 support?

Anyway, request_module() calls __request_module() but
__request_module() stops at MAX_KMOD_CONCURRENT levels of nesting.
So, I think "infinite loop" cannot happen.