Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 28 Nov 2002 20:24:09 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 28 Nov 2002 20:23:23 -0500 Received: from dp.samba.org ([66.70.73.150]:27577 "EHLO lists.samba.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 28 Nov 2002 20:22:48 -0500 From: Rusty Russell To: "Adam J. Richter" Subject: Re: Modules with list Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, vandrove@vc.cvut.cz, zippel@linux-m68k.org, davem@redhat.com In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 27 Nov 2002 16:25:50 -0800." <200211280025.QAA07845@baldur.yggdrasil.com> Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2002 10:53:32 +1100 Message-Id: <20021129013010.79DF72C33D@lists.samba.org> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1035 Lines: 28 In message <200211280025.QAA07845@baldur.yggdrasil.com> you write: > Rusty Russel wrote: That's Russell 8) > >Sorry, that's why I said "*If O_NONBLOCK* is specified" (ie. still > >drop it for the --wait case). > > Oops! Sorry for misreading your message. > > Even though it was not responsive to what you described, I do > hope you see my point about the problem with "rmmod --wait". But's it's an absolute requirement, to make modules removable in some circumstances, otherwise you end up being starved and the module cannot be removed (security modules and netfilter modules strike me as the obvious cases, but there are probably more). Cheers! Rusty. PS. You're right, net/ipv4/ doesn't use skb->destructor. -- Anyone who quotes me in their sig is an idiot. -- Rusty Russell. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/