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SubjectRe: 2.4.0-test: rmmod -a without effect
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On Wed, 29 Nov 2000 01:37:22 +0100,
Kurt Garloff <garloff@suse.de> wrote:
>this is a 2.4.0-test11 system;
>rmmod -a (modutils-2.3.21) fails to unload unused autocleanable modules:

Designed behaviour. sys_delete_module only removes autoclean modules
that have been used at least once, either they have been used or some
other module has a reference to them. Otherwise you get nasty races
like this

cpu 0 cpu 1
request_module(foo)
modprobe -k foo
insmod -k foo
foo is loaded, unused
kernel sees foo has loaded
rmmod -a
kernel uses foo

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