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Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2010 20:21:43 +0200 From: Alejandro Riveira Fernández <ariveira@...il.com> To: Pedro Francisco <pedrogfrancisco@...il.com> Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: 2.6.35.4: sudo rmmod ahci @ 2.6.35.4 succeeds: filesystem access errors follow El Tue, 7 Sep 2010 18:34:27 +0100 Pedro Francisco <pedrogfrancisco@...il.com> escribió: > sudo rmmod ahci @ 2.6.35.4 succeeds: filesystem access errors follow. > > Now what I'm surprised is not the filesystem errors but me being allowed to > remove the module without using the '-f' option. > > Do note, lsmod |grep ahci reports something like [this is adapted from a > 2.6.32 kernel]: > > ahci 32200 0 > > so it isn't at all surprising I'm being allowed to remove a seemingly unused > module. So.... > a) is this supposed to happen? Yes afaics. root can do many stupid things if (s)he wants including « rm -rf --no-preserve-root / » > b) do you need any more info? > > P.S.: CC'ing me will probably ensure I'll reply faster but not explicitly > needed since I'm subscribed. -- 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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