Re: [PATCH v2 00/12] make rpc_pipefs be mountable multiple time

Kirill A. Shutemov
2011-01-07T11:19:30Z

On Fri, Jan 07, 2011 at 01:12:22PM +0200, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 05, 2011 at 11:41:55AM +0000, Al Viro wrote:
> > On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 03:14:18PM +0200, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> > > Prepare nfs/sunrpc stack to use multiple instances of rpc_pipefs.
> >
> > Won't that make sunrpc impossible to rmmod once you've got it in?
> > Note that having a reference to vfsmount pins it down, which pins
> > the superblock down, which pins the file_system_type down, which
> > pins the damn module down. So cleanup_sunrpc() won't be ever called,
> > AFAICS...
>
> Hm.. rpc_pipe_fs_type.owner = NULL seems fix the problem.
> Is it valid solution in this case?

Please, ignore it. :)

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