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Date: Thu, 03 Jun 2010 09:40:55 -0400 From: Jon Masters <jonathan@...masters.org> To: Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: modules: remove -w option (ie. !O_NONBLOCK)? On Thu, 2010-06-03 at 22:55 +0930, Rusty Russell wrote: > Since waiting module removal was never implemented in modprobe, I wonder > if we should simply get rid of it? (It's implemented in rmmod only). > Unused code is buggy code, and there doesn't seem to be a demand for removing > modules "at some time in the future". > > Thoughts? I'll think some more after coffee this morning but my first instinct is "sure, few people care about module removal anyway any more" :) Jon. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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