Re: How should an exit routine wait for release() callbacks?
Robert Marquardt <[email protected]>
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Alan Stern wrote: > On the other hand, this proposal involves adding a fair amount of overhead > (all those .owner fields) for a rather small benefit. And it involves > modifying a core kernel subsystem (kernel/module.c). All to prevent > certain unlikely sorts of errors when removing a module -- something which > Linus has said repeatedly need not be supported terribly well. > > So I'm uncertain whether other people will be in favor of all this. I think Linus is in error here. Either do it right or not at all. I would say that modules should work *always* and without any conceptual problem. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ [email protected] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel