Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 16 Apr 2007 16:51:33 +0200 | From | Robert Marquardt <> | Subject | Re: [linux-usb-devel] How should an exit routine wait for release() callbacks? |
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Alan Stern wrote:
> On the other hand, this proposal involves adding a fair amount of overhead > (all those .owner fields) for a rather small benefit. And it involves > modifying a core kernel subsystem (kernel/module.c). All to prevent > certain unlikely sorts of errors when removing a module -- something which > Linus has said repeatedly need not be supported terribly well. > > So I'm uncertain whether other people will be in favor of all this.
I think Linus is in error here. Either do it right or not at all. I would say that modules should work *always* and without any conceptual problem. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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