Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754325AbZAISVQ (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 Jan 2009 13:21:16 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752592AbZAISVA (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 Jan 2009 13:21:00 -0500 Received: from cluster-g.mailcontrol.com ([208.87.233.190]:57346 "EHLO cluster-g.mailcontrol.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751988AbZAISVA (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 Jan 2009 13:21:00 -0500 Message-ID: <49679570.3070403@csr.com> Date: Fri, 09 Jan 2009 18:20:32 +0000 From: David Vrabel User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (X11/20090105) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Enrik Berkhan CC: Pierre Ossman , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Reference counting of MMC host driver modules References: <49678443.8040909@ge.com> In-Reply-To: <49678443.8040909@ge.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 09 Jan 2009 18:20:32.0805 (UTC) FILETIME=[F593AD50:01C97286] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 782 Lines: 20 Enrik Berkhan wrote: > Hi, > > I've noticed recently that the MMC/SD block driver does not reference > count the MMC/SD host driver module that it uses via the MMC/SD core > layer. Thus, I can rmmod my host driver module while, for example, a > partition on a SD card is mounted. This is same as removing the card while it's in use. David -- David Vrabel, Senior Software Engineer, Drivers CSR, Churchill House, Cambridge Business Park, Tel: +44 (0)1223 692562 Cowley Road, Cambridge, CB4 0WZ http://www.csr.com/ -- 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/