From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
To: Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@suse.com>
Cc: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>,
gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, rafael@kernel.org, song@kernel.org,
lucas.de.marchi@gmail.com, lucas.demarchi@intel.com,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] module: add support to avoid duplicates early on load
Date: Thu, 25 May 2023 10:52:37 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAHk-=wjWeV-ct7pFvBF6m1gzbqdp_K7nQe=++Ov029g6Fc3dsg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAHk-=wiPjcPL_50WRWOi-Fmi9TYO6yp_oj63a_N84FzG-rxGKQ@mail.gmail.com>
On Thu, May 25, 2023 at 9:07 AM Linus Torvalds
<torvalds@linux-foundation.org> wrote:
>
> That said, I posted an alternate patch that I think _is_ valid as that
> quick hack. I don't love it, but it sure is simpler (and avoids the
> i_ino bug):
>
> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAHk-=wgKu=tJf1bm_dtme4Hde4zTB=_7EdgR8avsDRK4_jD+uA@mail.gmail.com/
>
> that patch hasn't seen any testing, and for all I know it won't even
> boot because of some thinko, but I think it would be acceptable as a
> workaround if it does work.
Well, it boots here, so it must be perfect.
That said, I didn't add any debugging code, and I didn't test it on
any odd setups, and I've never had any problems before. So I don't
actually know if the patch *does* anything.
But it did boot..
Linus
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-05-25 17:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 53+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-05-24 21:36 [PATCH 0/2] module: avoid all memory pressure due to duplicates Luis Chamberlain
2023-05-24 21:36 ` [PATCH 1/2] fs/kernel_read_file: add support for duplicate detection Luis Chamberlain
2023-05-24 21:52 ` Linus Torvalds
2023-05-24 21:56 ` Linus Torvalds
2023-05-24 22:07 ` Luis Chamberlain
2023-05-25 4:00 ` Linus Torvalds
2023-05-25 18:08 ` Luis Chamberlain
2023-05-25 18:35 ` Luis Chamberlain
2023-05-25 18:50 ` Linus Torvalds
2023-05-25 19:32 ` Luis Chamberlain
2023-05-25 7:01 ` Christian Brauner
2023-05-24 21:36 ` [PATCH 2/2] module: add support to avoid duplicates early on load Luis Chamberlain
2023-05-25 11:40 ` Petr Pavlu
2023-05-25 16:07 ` Linus Torvalds
2023-05-25 16:42 ` Greg KH
2023-05-25 18:22 ` Luis Chamberlain
2023-05-25 17:52 ` Linus Torvalds [this message]
2023-05-25 18:45 ` Lucas De Marchi
2023-05-25 21:12 ` Linus Torvalds
2023-05-25 22:02 ` Luis Chamberlain
2023-05-26 1:39 ` Linus Torvalds
2023-05-29 8:58 ` Johan Hovold
2023-05-29 11:00 ` Linus Torvalds
2023-05-29 12:44 ` Johan Hovold
2023-05-29 15:18 ` Johan Hovold
2023-05-30 1:55 ` Linus Torvalds
2023-05-30 9:40 ` Johan Hovold
2023-06-05 12:25 ` Johan Hovold
2023-05-30 16:22 ` Luis Chamberlain
2023-05-30 17:16 ` Lucas De Marchi
2023-05-30 19:41 ` Luis Chamberlain
2023-05-30 22:17 ` Linus Torvalds
2023-05-31 5:30 ` Lucas De Marchi
2023-05-31 0:31 ` Luis Chamberlain
2023-05-31 7:51 ` David Hildenbrand
2023-05-31 16:57 ` Luis Chamberlain
2023-06-02 15:19 ` David Hildenbrand
2023-06-02 16:04 ` Luis Chamberlain
2023-06-05 11:26 ` David Hildenbrand
2023-06-05 15:17 ` Luis Chamberlain
2023-06-05 15:28 ` Luis Chamberlain
2023-06-28 18:52 ` Luis Chamberlain
2023-06-28 20:14 ` Linus Torvalds
2023-06-28 22:07 ` Linus Torvalds
2023-06-28 23:17 ` Linus Torvalds
2023-06-29 0:18 ` Luis Chamberlain
2023-06-02 16:06 ` Linus Torvalds
2023-06-02 16:37 ` David Hildenbrand
2023-05-30 22:45 ` Dan Williams
2023-06-04 14:26 ` Rudi Heitbaum
2023-05-29 17:47 ` Linus Torvalds
2023-05-30 10:01 ` Johan Hovold
2023-05-25 16:54 ` Lucas De Marchi
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