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Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2006 18:42:02 -0500 From: Jim Crilly <jim@....dont.jablowme.net> To: Tomasz Chmielewski <mangoo@...g.org> Cc: Ross Vandegrift <ross@...listi.us>, Andreas Schwab <schwab@...e.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: why can't I remove a kernel module (or: what uses a given module)? On 12/03/06 08:59:10PM +0100, Tomasz Chmielewski wrote: > Ross Vandegrift wrote: > >On Sun, Dec 03, 2006 at 12:58:24PM +0100, Tomasz Chmielewski wrote: > >>You mean the "Used by" column? No, it's not used by any other module > >>according to lsmod output. > >> > >>Any other methods of checking what uses /dev/sda*? > > > >There's a good chance that if it was loaded at system boot, hald or > >udev may be doing something with it. > > This machine doesn't have hal; when I kill udevd still doesn't help. > > Yes, something's using that drive, be it a program, a module (unlikely), > or something that is compiled directly in the kernel (for example, > md/raid1). > But what is it? > > Kernel knows it, as it refuses to remove the module (via rmmod), but how > to tell kernel to share this knowledge with me? > Have you checked to make sure there's no swap partitions on it being automatically activated at boot? Also, have you checked the output of lsof? Jim. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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