linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] stress-module: stress finit_module() and delete

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Message-ID: <ZBkClVqkTp5b+gut@bombadil.infradead.org>
Date:   Mon, 20 Mar 2023 18:04:21 -0700
From:   Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>
To:     "Colin King (gmail)" <colin.i.king@...il.com>,
        Lucas De Marchi <lucas.de.marchi@...il.com>
Cc:     patches@...ts.linux.dev, linux-modules@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, pmladek@...e.com, david@...hat.com,
        petr.pavlu@...e.com, prarit@...hat.com,
        christophe.leroy@...roup.eu, song@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] stress-module: stress finit_module() and
 delete_module()

On Fri, Mar 17, 2023 at 05:08:08PM -0700, Luis Chamberlain wrote:
> I'm not sure yet why we don't see the module delete work, I guess
> because it's refcnt is still not 0 and so the unload probably won't
> help at all unless we have a loop just dedicated to that.

<insert self deprecating humor>
The reason was because the module_name is the full path, and the system
call wants just the module name.
</end self deprecating humor>

I'll fix.

  Luis