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DateMon, 23 Jun 2008 09:32:27 +0200
FromAndreas Herrmann <>
SubjectRe: [PATCH] gigaset: fix module reference counting
On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 01:09:57AM +0200, Tilman Schmidt wrote:
> On 2008-06-07 00:39, Andreas Herrmann wrote:
> > bas_gigaset can't be unloaded due to wrong module reference counting.
> > Ensure that module_put is called whenever a channel is freed.
> 
> I'm not quite happy with that patch. Specifically, I see a risk of
> module_put being called too often.

> Could you explain in some more detail what bug you are trying to fix?
> Do you have a sequence of events which leads to a situation where the
> bas_gigaset module cannot be unloaded but should be?

I've tried to reproduce the problem doing various tests -- but without
success.

Then i've checked the code and there was already this fix:

commit e468c04894f36045cf93d1384183a461014b6840 (Gigaset: permit module unload)

This was commited after 2.6.24 was released.

And (shit happens!) on the machine where I've previously tested the
stuff I had also an 2.6.24 kernel installed.

So it seems that I have mixed up different kernel versions when I've
tested my patch. Because with current git-tree bas_gigaset can be
unloaded without any problems.

Sorry for the noise.


Regards,

Andreas



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