Re: [PATCH] Remove module reference counting.

From: Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Date: Mon Jul 28 2003 - 06:40:07 EST


On Sul, 2003-07-27 at 20:34, Rusty Russell wrote:
> In message <Pine.LNX.4.44.0307261230110.1841-100000@home.osdl.org> you write:
> >
> > First off - we're not changing fundamental module stuff any more.
>
> OK. Who are you and what have you done with the real Linus?
>
> I guess it's back to fixing up reference counting in the rest of the
> kernel. It's not hard, it's just not done. 8(

Right but it wasnt in 2.2 or 2.4 and its root only. If you want to be
really paranoid add a

MODULE_UNLOADABLE

that people can add to their modules that do unload safely (ie most of
them) as and when they check them over.

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