Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 27 Jun 1998 19:04:58 -0700 | From | Richard Henderson <> | Subject | Re: pre-patch-2.1.107 breaks kmod |
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On Sun, Jun 28, 1998 at 11:55:12AM +1000, Keith Owens wrote: > >The system doesn't run rmmod. Root has to be actively interfering, > >at which point you get what you deserve. > > What about automatic inactive module removal?
That is done entirely inside the kernel while looking at whether the module has been used, and how long ago that was. Thus the race can not happen in the same time scale as two competing insmods.
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