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    SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/4] UIO: hold a reference to the device's owner while the device is open
    Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
    > Otherwise the device might just disappear while /dev/uioX is being used
    > which results in an Oops.
    To help your understanding, without this patch I can trigger the Oops
    by starting an app that does

    opening and mmapping /dev/uio0
    while(1);

    and then in another shell do

    rmmod uio_pdrv

    Best regards
    Uwe

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