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

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Message-ID: <20070929005513.GB31959@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date:	Sat, 29 Sep 2007 08:55:13 +0800
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Jan Beulich <jbeulich@...ell.com>,
	bridge@...ts.linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Module use count must be updated as bridges are created/destroyed

On Fri, Sep 28, 2007 at 11:11:07AM -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
>
> It is only the nested removal problem.

Well such a count could apply to direct removals too.  In other
words, you could ask modprobe to remove all modules for which
this count is zero.

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