linux-kernel - Re: Oops on rmmod asus

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0706272216300.11120@fbirervta.pbzchgretzou.qr>
Date:	Wed, 27 Jun 2007 22:17:09 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...putergmbh.de>
To:	Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@...hat.com>
cc:	corentincj@...aif.net, sziwan@...rs.sourceforge.net,
	acpi4asus-user@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Oops on rmmod asus_acpi


On Jun 27 2007 16:15, Chuck Ebbert wrote:
>The device's klist_node is not on any list (n->n_klist == NULL)
>in klist_del:
>
>void klist_del(struct klist_node * n)
>{
>        struct klist * k = n->n_klist;
>===>    void (*put)(struct klist_node *) = k->put;
>
>So the driver gets totally screwed up if it loads, finds no compatible
>hardware and then you try to unload it.

Then it should probably not load at all (return with -ENODEV).


	Jan
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