From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo" Subject: Re: [PATCH] dccp: remove module exit functions Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2006 11:55:08 -0200 Message-ID: <39e6f6c70611100555u6e2a4e0fq8dba12557f40139b@mail.gmail.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, "dccp (vger)" Return-path: Received: from wx-out-0506.google.com ([66.249.82.227]:25192 "EHLO wx-out-0506.google.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1946033AbWKJNzJ (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 Nov 2006 08:55:09 -0500 Received: by wx-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id s7so71735wxc for ; Fri, 10 Nov 2006 05:55:09 -0800 (PST) To: "James Morris" In-Reply-To: Content-Disposition: inline Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On 11/10/06, James Morris wrote: > The dccp ipv4 & ipv6 modules cannot be unloaded, as their control sockets > each maintain a couple of module references. So, it seems like a good > idea to just remove the module exit functions completely. > > Please review. Well, I have a patch in the DCCP backlog that uses it, ressurecting the unload hack, for development purposes being able to destroy the control sockets allowing module removal is something the DCCP developers want :) - Arnaldo