linux-kernel - Re: [libgpiod v1.6.x][PATCH] tests: mockup: unbind mockup devices before unloading the module

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Date:   Thu, 24 Aug 2023 10:46:38 +0200
From:   Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:     Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl>
Cc:     Kent Gibson <warthog618@...il.com>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [libgpiod v1.6.x][PATCH] tests: mockup: unbind mockup devices
 before unloading the module

On Thu, Aug 24, 2023 at 9:40 AM Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl> wrote:
> Kent:
> > If the plan is to change the kernel such that it will no longer unload
> > modules with bound devices then the patch totally makes sense.
>
> Linus has not commented on that yet

[Fear Of Missing Out intensifies]

Is this some mail thread I should look at but didn't?

Or do you refer to Torvalds?

> and there's a thing I need to
> check first (hopefully today) but I think it will make more sense.
> This patch on the other hand is not incorrect even if the behavior
> doesn't change. I will queue it.

This patch is doing the right thing from a module management point
of view for sure.

Yours,
Linus Walleij