Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932184AbXBVK2M (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Feb 2007 05:28:12 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932939AbXBVK2M (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Feb 2007 05:28:12 -0500 Received: from mail2.ameuro.de ([195.140.232.8]:51258 "EHLO mail2.ameuro.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1945961AbXBVK2L convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Feb 2007 05:28:11 -0500 X-Greylist: delayed 1807 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Thu, 22 Feb 2007 05:28:11 EST Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 10:57:47 +0100 From: Anders Larsen Subject: Re: request_module: runaway loop modprobe net-pf-1 (is Re: Linux 2.6.21-rc1) To: Greg KH Cc: OGAWA Hirofumi , YOSHIFUJI Hideaki , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Kay Sievers References: <87abz75hzs.fsf@duaron.myhome.or.jp> <20070222001809.GB30444@kroah.com> In-Reply-To: <20070222001809.GB30444@kroah.com> (from greg@kroah.com on Thu Feb 22 01:18:09 2007) X-Mailer: Balsa 2.3.14 Message-Id: <1172138267l.24074l.0l@ecxwww1.reanet.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT X-AEV-Kundenmail-Information: AEV Virus and Spam Secure Mail System X-AEV-Kundenmail-SpamCheck: X-MailScanner-From: al@alarsen.net Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1534 Lines: 44 On 2007-02-22 01:18:09, Greg KH wrote: > On Thu, Feb 22, 2007 at 06:16:23AM +0900, OGAWA Hirofumi wrote: > > E.g. something calls the request_modle(), and if hotplug is using > > socket(PF_UNIX) and af_unix is module, it also calls request_modle()? > > > > Just my guess though... > > Ugh, why does anyone make af_unix a module these days. I thought only > Debian was that foolish... :) Then how about making CONFIG_UNIX bool instead of tristate? Cheers Anders diff --git a/net/unix/Kconfig b/net/unix/Kconfig index 5a69733..b589254 100644 --- a/net/unix/Kconfig +++ b/net/unix/Kconfig @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ # config UNIX - tristate "Unix domain sockets" + bool "Unix domain sockets" ---help--- If you say Y here, you will include support for Unix domain sockets; sockets are the standard Unix mechanism for establishing and @@ -13,9 +13,5 @@ config UNIX an embedded system or something similar, you therefore definitely want to say Y here. - To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be - called unix. Note that several important services won't work - correctly if you say M here and then neglect to load the module. - Say Y unless you know what you are doing. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/