Re: [PROPOSED PATCH] ATM refcount + firestream

From: Philipp Rumpf (prumpf@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk)
Date: Sat Oct 28 2000 - 08:53:12 EST


On Sat, Oct 28, 2000 at 09:37:28AM -0400, Brian Gerst wrote:
> Philipp Rumpf wrote:
> > - you can't copy_(from|to)_user in the module exit function (which would
> > be copies from/to rmmod anyway)
>
> Unfortunately, you need to be able to use copy_*_user() from the network
> ioctls, and this is the center of the current issue.

You misunderstood. The network ioctls aren't module_exit functions, so
copy_*_user in them is fine.

        Philipp Rumpf
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