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    SubjectRe: [Patch -mm 0/3] RFC: module unloading vs. release function
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    On Tue, 2007-04-17 at 00:44 +0400, Alexey Dobriyan wrote:
    > On Mon, Apr 16, 2007 at 03:38:52PM -0400, Alan Stern wrote:
    > > 3. Change the module code so that rmmod can return _before_ the
    > > module is actually unloaded from memory (but after the module's
    > > exit routine has completed). This will lead to more problems.
    > > For example, what if someone tries to modprobe my_module back
    > > again before it has finished unloading?
    >
    > This problem (or its absence) must be already in tree: module_mutex is
    > dropped for the duration of ->exit() function, so init_module(2) could
    > load new old module meanwhile.

    Only if you give it a different name when loading it the second time.

    Rusty.

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