Re: Modules loading modules?

[Jukka Ruohonen <jruohonen%iki.fi@localhost>]

On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 06:41:11AM +1000, matthew green wrote:
> it seems to me the root problem is that module_mutex is held while
> calling into the module startup routines.

Here is one related question: is it ensured that the module lock is dropped
immediately after a modular device driver returns from its attachment
routine?  I am thinking of a case where a modular driver defers its
configuration by using config_interrupts(9) or config_finalize_register(9).

- Jukka.