linux-kernel - Re: [linux-usb-devel] Bug creating USB endpoints in 2.6.20.x (kernel bug 8198)

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Date:	Wed, 9 May 2007 13:24:30 +0100 (BST)
From:	Chris Rankin <rankincj@...oo.com>
To:	Tejun Heo <htejun@...il.com>
Cc:	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>,
	linux-usb-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Greg K-H <greg@...ah.com>
Subject: Re: [linux-usb-devel] Bug creating USB endpoints in 2.6.20.x (kernel bug 8198)

--- Tejun Heo <htejun@...il.com> wrote:
> So, we can fix the problem Chris is seeing by breaking module unload (by
> allowing it to unload too early).  It doesn't sound too hot but module
> unloading race is much less likely than sysfs node deletion/open race.

Yikes! Just temporary breakage, I hope :-)!! The only modules I unload on a regular basis these
days are things like "microcode", which the init scripts take care of as part of the boot-up
process.

Thanks for all that hard work,
Cheers,
Chris



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