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SubjectRe: [PATCH] Fix /proc/fb oops after module removal
On Sat, 12 Apr 2008 15:20:06 -0700
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> wrote:

> On Sun, 13 Apr 2008 01:10:29 +0400 Alexey Dobriyan
> <adobriyan@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > /proc/fb is not removed during rmmod.
> >
> > Steps to reproduce:
> >
> > modprobe fb
> > rmmod fb
> > ls /proc
> >

>
> hm, that's the sort of thing which one would expect people to notice
> fairly soon after we added the bug. Yet it appears that the bug is
> present in at least 2.6.20 and probably earlier.

rmmod is generally a rare operation... esp for something like a framebuffer

wonder if we need a scripted action that loads all modules and then tries to
unload the ones it can

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