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SubjectRe: [RFC] Input: Remove unsafe device module references
On Tue, Nov 01, 2011 at 06:52:11PM +0100, David Herrmann wrote:
> My solution: Some parent subsystem of us must take and release this
> module-refcnt instead of us, so this bug doesn't occur.

Yes, that is the ultimate solution for something like this.

But, in reality, we don't care about module unloading races as there are
plenty of other issues involved there where things can go bad, so we
just try the best we can :)

thanks,

greg k-h


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