Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 15 Jan 2003 04:51:11 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 15 Jan 2003 04:51:11 -0500 Received: from caramon.arm.linux.org.uk ([212.18.232.186]:47375 "EHLO caramon.arm.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 15 Jan 2003 04:51:10 -0500 Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 10:00:01 +0000 From: Russell King To: Greg KH Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [RFC] add module reference to struct tty_driver Message-ID: <20030115100001.D31372@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Greg KH , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20030113054708.GA3604@kroah.com> <20030114200719.B4077@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> <20030114220859.GA17226@kroah.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <20030114220859.GA17226@kroah.com>; from greg@kroah.com on Tue, Jan 14, 2003 at 02:08:59PM -0800 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Jan 14, 2003 at 02:08:59PM -0800, Greg KH wrote: > Woah! Hm, this is going to cause lots of problems in drivers that have > been assuming that the BKL is grabbed during module unload, and during > open(). Hm, time to just fallback on the argument, "module unloading is > unsafe" :( Note that its the same in 2.4 as well. iirc, the BKL was removed from module loading/unloading sometime in the 2.3 timeline. -- Russell King (rmk@arm.linux.org.uk) The developer of ARM Linux http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/personal/aboutme.html - 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/