netdev - Re: [RFC][PATCH] Fix another namespace issue with devices assigned to classes

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Message-ID: <AANLkTinev96yxFCFSdDdT89jjgYR4ChUCMU2-aSj8kkh@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 8 Jun 2010 15:54:56 +0200
From:	Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org>
To:	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
Cc:	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>, netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] Fix another namespace issue with devices assigned to 
	classes

On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 14:03, Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net> wrote:
> On Tue, 2010-06-08 at 13:55 +0200, Kay Sievers wrote:
>
>> Ok, this needs testing.
>>
>> Please let me know, if that works for you so far.
>
> Will do. Just a question: none of this seems to pin the module? So can I
> be sure if I rmmod the module that the release function will still be
> around etc.?

Oh, sorry, that's something very specific to network devices, that the
module can be unloaded while the devices it has created are still in
use. I am not sure right now what's needed to make this work in a
single module.

Kay
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