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. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html