linux-kernel - Re: [Patch] MODULE_UNLOAD should depend on PROC

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Message-ID: <20081119184844.GE22898@hack.voiplan.pt>
Date:	Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:48:44 +0000
From:	Américo Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
To:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
Subject: Re: [Patch] MODULE_UNLOAD should depend on PROC_FS

On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 10:41:53AM +1030, Rusty Russell wrote:
>On Wednesday 19 November 2008 05:10:52 Américo Wang wrote:
>> The feature controlled by MODULE_UNLOAD uses proc interface, so it
>> should depend on PROC_FS.
>
>Hi Wang,
>
>   This patch looks wrong to me; you can remove modules without /proc.  Does 
>it not compile with CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD=y and CONFIG_PROC_FS=n?
>

Thank you, Rusty and Alan!

I think I was wrong. It is compiled fine with the above config, just tested.


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