linux-kernel - Re: [BISECTED] 5.12 hangs at reboot

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Date:   Mon, 26 Apr 2021 12:51:27 -0700
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
Cc:     Harald Arnesen <harald@...gtun.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [BISECTED] 5.12 hangs at reboot

On Mon, Apr 26, 2021 at 12:46 PM Johannes Berg
<johannes@...solutions.net> wrote:
>
> Right. Maybe if it's modules, could try to remove them rather than
> reboot?

Yes, doing an 'rmmod ath9k'  (or whatever that module is called)
sounds like a good idea, it might trigger the same lockup.

In fact, that might be the reason Harald sees this - maybe Void Linux
tries to unload modules before rebooting, and other distros don't?

Unloading modules doesn't tend to get a lot of testing, it's a fairly
unusual operation (and not one that is guaranteed to be safe - yes we
do basic module refcounting, but it's very basic indeed, not full).

               Linus