Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263756AbUDVAlG (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 Apr 2004 20:41:06 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263754AbUDVAlG (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 Apr 2004 20:41:06 -0400 Received: from codepoet.org ([166.70.99.138]:27060 "EHLO codepoet.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263752AbUDVAlE (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 Apr 2004 20:41:04 -0400 Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 18:41:04 -0600 From: Erik Andersen To: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] prevent module unloading for legacy IDE chipset drivers Message-ID: <20040422004104.GA19969@codepoet.org> Reply-To: andersen@codepoet.org Mail-Followup-To: andersen@codepoet.org, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz , linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <200404212219.24622.bzolnier@elka.pw.edu.pl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200404212219.24622.bzolnier@elka.pw.edu.pl> X-No-Junk-Mail: I do not want to get *any* junk mail. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1+cvs20040105i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 705 Lines: 18 On Wed Apr 21, 2004 at 10:19:24PM +0200, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: > > It is unsafe thing to do (no locking, no reference counting etc). > Just remove module_exit() as it was done for IDE PCI drivers. Out of curiosity, what would be needed to make it safe to unload all ide modules from a system with a scsi rootfs? -Erik -- Erik B. Andersen http://codepoet-consulting.com/ --This message was written using 73% post-consumer electrons-- - 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/