On Tue, 6 Mar 2001 14:17:28 -0800 (PST),
Thomas Hood <thood@excite.com> wrote:
>My question is: Is there some better way of blocking
>all open() calls to a particular device driver while
>processes using it are being killed off?
Not yet. There have been some off list discussions about redoing the
module load/unload process to avoid races, as part of that we will get
forced module unregister followed by unload when the use count goes to
zero. Probably 2.5 changes.
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