Re: [Patch -mm 0/3] RFC: module unloading vs. release function

[Alexey Dobriyan]

On Mon, Apr 16, 2007 at 03:38:52PM -0400, Alan Stern wrote:
>      3. Change the module code so that rmmod can return _before_ the
> 	module is actually unloaded from memory (but after the module's
> 	exit routine has completed).  This will lead to more problems.
> 	For example, what if someone tries to modprobe my_module back
> 	again before it has finished unloading?

This problem (or its absence) must be already in tree: module_mutex is
dropped for the duration of ->exit() function, so init_module(2) could
load new old module meanwhile.

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