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Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 00:19:01 +0200
From: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
To: Mark Peloquin <peloquin@us.ibm.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] EVMS core (3/9) discover.c
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> We plan to register a "__this_module.can_unload()" that
> should prevent plugin modules from unloading during
> discovery.

Ok in this case. But how about when you search that list later after
discovery for some reason and drop the lock. Then you could race with someone
else removing the plugin inbetween, no ? 

-Andi
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