Re: pre-patch-2.1.107 breaks kmod

Richard Henderson (rth@dot.cygnus.com)
Sat, 27 Jun 1998 19:04:58 -0700

On Sun, Jun 28, 1998 at 11:55:12AM +1000, Keith Owens wrote:
> >The system doesn't run rmmod. Root has to be actively interfering,
> >at which point you get what you deserve.
>
> What about automatic inactive module removal?

That is done entirely inside the kernel while looking at whether the
module has been used, and how long ago that was. Thus the race can
not happen in the same time scale as two competing insmods.

r~

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