Messages in this thread | | | From | "Adam J. Richter" <> | Date | Fri, 29 Nov 2002 00:23:25 -0800 | Subject | Re: Modules with list |
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>In message <200211280025.QAA07845@baldur.yggdrasil.com> you write: >> Rusty Russel wrote:
>That's Russell 8)
>> >Sorry, that's why I said "*If O_NONBLOCK* is specified" (ie. still >> >drop it for the --wait case). >> >> Oops! Sorry for misreading your message. >> >> Even though it was not responsive to what you described, I do >> hope you see my point about the problem with "rmmod --wait".
>But's it's an absolute requirement, to make modules removable in some >circumstances, otherwise you end up being starved and the module >cannot be removed (security modules and netfilter modules strike me as >the obvious cases, but there are probably more).
That may be a drawback, but I would necessarily say that avoiding those drawbacks is an "absolute requirement" based on the disadvantages you listed, nor would attaching that label magically eliminate the problem that I described.
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