Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 18 Feb 2000 17:09:44 +0100 | From | Vojtech Pavlik <> | Subject | Re: freeing a static after one use only? |
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On Fri, Feb 18, 2000 at 02:01:53PM +0000, Anton Altaparmakov wrote: > On Fri, 18 Feb 2000, Peter T. Breuer wrote: > [snip] > > Modules are apparently in a space that can be swapped out. Should I > [snip] > > Is that always the case? - Or would it happen only if the ref count is 0? > > I'm asking because I am currently writting a driver for a pci card (just > started) and if the module were to be swapped out when it was doing a > busmaster transfer I could imagine the computer crashing...I am sure this > would be the case with most modules providing important hwaccess system > services. > > Sorry if the answer to my question is obvious but I am fairly new to > linux kernel development. - Feel free to point out where I can find some > information about this...
Modules can't be swapped out. They're kernel. Imagine a module for SCSI being swapped out on a SCSI disk. No way to get it back. ;)
-- Vojtech Pavlik SuSE Labs
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