linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Module use count must be updated as bridges are created/destroyed

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Message-Id: <E1Ib8Xj-0006Kl-00@gondolin.me.apana.org.au>
Date:	Fri, 28 Sep 2007 13:37:39 +0800
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	jbeulich@...ell.com (Jan Beulich)
Cc:	shemminger@...ux-foundation.org, bridge@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Module use count must be updated as bridges are	created/destroyed

Jan Beulich <jbeulich@...ell.com> wrote:
>
> So we have an unsolvable problem here then, unless infrastructure gets added
> that allows a module to declare itself as not-implicit-unload-safe, forcing
> modprobe -r to keep its hands off it. Ugly.

Yes I've always wanted to have a separate count that indicates
a module is in use but does not prevent its immediate removal.

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