linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 1/3] mfd: syscon: Removed support for unloading

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Message-ID: <512851E0.7000808@wwwdotorg.org>
Date:	Fri, 22 Feb 2013 22:21:36 -0700
From:	Stephen Warren <swarren@...dotorg.org>
To:	Alexander Shiyan <shc_work@...l.ru>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	Dong Aisheng <dong.aisheng@...aro.org>,
	Samuel Ortiz <sameo@...ux.intel.com>,
	Mark Brown <broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>,
	Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...onic-design.de>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 1/3] mfd: syscon: Removed support for unloading

On 02/22/2013 10:15 PM, Alexander Shiyan wrote:
> The driver can be used in various subsystems and therefore should not
> be unloaded when it is defined in the kernel configuration, so remove
> support for unloading it.

Why not fix the clients to module_get() at the appropriate times; then
you could still allow unloading, couldn't you?
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