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

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Message-ID: <b36aa25a-7cbd-6926-1ee3-ab9b2bf76111@gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 21 Mar 2023 08:47:32 +0000
From:   "Colin King (gmail)" <colin.i.king@...il.com>
To:     Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>,
        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 21/03/2023 01:04, Luis Chamberlain wrote:
> 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>

Ah, that explains it.

> 
> I'll fix.
> 
>    Luis

OK, I'll wait for a v3.

Thank you,

Colin