Re: pre-patch-2.1.107 breaks kmod

Horst von Brand (vonbrand@sleipnir.valparaiso.cl)
Sun, 28 Jun 1998 12:03:00 -0500


Richard Henderson <rth@dot.cygnus.com> said:
> On Sun, Jun 28, 1998 at 11:55:12AM +1000, Keith Owens wrote:
> > >The system doesn't run rmmod. Root has to be actively interfering,
> > >at which point you get what you deserve.

> > What about automatic inactive module removal?

> That is done entirely inside the kernel while looking at whether the
> module has been used, and how long ago that was. Thus the race can
> not happen in the same time scale as two competing insmods.

Where? My kernels at least don't remove any modules by themselves, it has
to be done by hand (in my case, from cron).

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