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From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 04:31:04PM +0000, Paulo Fortuna Carvalho wrote:
> Hello Bjorn,
> 
> Is it possible to cancel somehow the remove procedure if the device is in use?

Nope, you could have physically removed the device, so we can't cancel
that :)

> When we are using the device and remove occurs the kernel crashes.

Then we need to fix the kernel, what driver is crashing, and where?

thanks,

greg k-h