netdev - Re: [PATCH] inet_diag: make config INET

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Message-ID: <b133d67a-cb5f-4d46-b3d8-b1ac9448725e@tahiti.vyatta.com>
Date:	Sat, 22 Sep 2012 21:36:34 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Stephen Hemminger <stephen.hemminger@...tta.com>
To:	Gao feng <gaofeng@...fujitsu.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net, kuznet@....inr.ac.ru
Subject: Re: [PATCH] inet_diag: make config INET_DIAG bool


> when inet_diag being compiled as module, inet_diag_handler_dump
> set netlink_dump_control.dump to inet_diag_dump,so if module
> inet_diag is unloaded,netlink will still try to call this function
> in netlink_dump. this will cause kernel panic.
>

Another way to handle this to just get rid of inet_diag_exit
so that module can be loaded but not unloaded.
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