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From: Keith Owens <kaos@ocs.com.au>
To: jdthood@mail.com
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Forcible removal of modules
Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2001 12:58:11 +1100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <7691.983930291@kao2.melbourne.sgi.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 06 Mar 2001 14:17:28 -0800." <9038100.983917051702.JavaMail.imail@digger.excite.com>

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.


  reply	other threads:[~2001-03-07  1:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-03-06 22:17 Forcible removal of modules Thomas Hood
2001-03-07  1:58 ` Keith Owens [this message]
2001-03-07 19:57 ` John Fremlin
2001-03-07 20:07   ` Jeff Garzik
2001-03-07 21:13     ` Racing power management John Fremlin
2001-03-07 22:42     ` Forcible removal of modules Alan Cox

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