netdev - Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 3/8] netback: get/put module along with vif connect/disconnect

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Message-ID: <5135C2C8.8030708@citrix.com>
Date:	Tue, 5 Mar 2013 10:02:48 +0000
From:	David Vrabel <david.vrabel@...rix.com>
To:	Wei Liu <wei.liu2@...rix.com>
CC:	<xen-devel@...ts.xen.org>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	<ian.campbell@...rix.com>, <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>,
	<annie.li@...cle.com>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 3/8] netback: get/put module along with vif
 connect/disconnect

On 15/02/13 16:00, Wei Liu wrote:
> If there is vif running and user unloads netback, guest's network interface
> just mysteriously stops working. So we need to prevent unloading netback
> module if there is vif running.

It's not mysterious -- it is cleanly disconnected, and will reconnect
when the module is reinserted.

Being able to unload modules while they are in use is standard so I
don't think this should be applied.

David
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