Re: [RFC] change in /proc/devices

[Alan Cox]

> > I think perhaps we need a module_lock that forbids just module load/unload
> > when its held. A reader/writer lock with the unload as the writer and
> > the rest as readers ?
> 
> IMO I have a better variant. I'm doing an equivalent of routing for the
> device numbers. I.e. maintain a tree of devno blocks. The lowest layer

You are solving only a tiny fraction of the problem. The block/char device
case is far from the entire problem that solving the module problem seperately
might be a good idea ?

Alan