Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Remove module reference counting. | From | Alan Cox <> | Date | 28 Jul 2003 12:40:07 +0100 |
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On Sul, 2003-07-27 at 20:34, Rusty Russell wrote: > In message <Pine.LNX.4.44.0307261230110.1841-100000@home.osdl.org> 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.
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