Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263737AbTG1LbX (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Jul 2003 07:31:23 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261151AbTG1La2 (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Jul 2003 07:30:28 -0400 Received: from pc2-cwma1-4-cust86.swan.cable.ntl.com ([213.105.254.86]:15497 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263738AbTG1L2u (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Jul 2003 07:28:50 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH] Remove module reference counting. From: Alan Cox To: Rusty Russell Cc: Linus Torvalds , Stephen Hemminger , "David S. Miller" , arjanv@redhat.com, Greg KH , Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <20030727193919.832302C450@lists.samba.org> References: <20030727193919.832302C450@lists.samba.org> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: Message-Id: <1059392407.15458.25.camel@dhcp22.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.2 (1.2.2-5) Date: 28 Jul 2003 12:40:07 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 865 Lines: 23 On Sul, 2003-07-27 at 20:34, Rusty Russell wrote: > In message you write: > > > > First off - we're not changing fundamental module stuff any more. > > OK. Who are you and what have you done with the real Linus? > > I guess it's back to fixing up reference counting in the rest of the > kernel. It's not hard, it's just not done. 8( Right but it wasnt in 2.2 or 2.4 and its root only. If you want to be really paranoid add a MODULE_UNLOADABLE that people can add to their modules that do unload safely (ie most of them) as and when they check them over. - 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/