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Date: Wed, 03 Jul 2002 18:53:55 -0700
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Subject: Re: simple handling of module removals Re: [OKS] Module removal
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Keith Owens wrote:
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> ...
> Rusty and I agree that if (and it's a big if) we want to support module
> unloading safely then this is the only sane way to do it.

Dumb question: what's wrong with the current code as-is?  I don't think
I've ever seen a module removal bug report which wasn't attributable to
some straightforward driver-failed-to-clean-something-up bug.

What problem are you trying to solve here?

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