Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Remove module reference counting. | From | Alan Cox <> | Date | 27 Jul 2003 12:09:26 +0100 |
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On Sad, 2003-07-26 at 20:37, Arjan van de Ven wrote: > > It's not just a developer thing. At least installers etc used to do some > > device probing by loading modules and depending on the result. > > yes but those same installers couldn't care less if the kernel > completely frees the memory of the module text or if it leaks that. > It won't even notice the difference....
On a 64Mb box the Red Hat installer would crash in this situation if you do the maths
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