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Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2002 13:40:19 -0800 (PST)
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>
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On Sun, 17 Nov 2002, Doug Ledford wrote:
> 
> Won't work.  module->live is what Rusty uses to indicate that the module 
> is in the process of unloading, which is when we *do* want the attempt to 
> module_get() to fail.

That's fine, as long as "module_get()" is the only thing that cares. Just 
make it go "live" early as you indicate, and everybody should be happy. I 
certainly agree that it should be illegal to do more module_get()'s once 
we've already started unloading..

		Linus

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