netdev - Re: [PATCH net v2 2/2] net: phylink: Add module_exit

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Message-ID: <0f85171e-cb9c-47dd-bb7d-f58537e24a54@lunn.ch>
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2023 10:22:39 +0100
From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To: "Gan, Yi Fang" <yi.fang.gan@...el.com>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Andrew Halaney <ahalaney@...hat.com>,
	Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@...hat.com>,
	John Stultz <jstultz@...gle.com>,
	"Rafael J . Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
	Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>, Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
	Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>,
	"David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	Marek Behún <kabel@...nel.org>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-stm32@...md-mailman.stormreply.com,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Looi Hong Aun <hong.aun.looi@...el.com>,
	Voon Weifeng <weifeng.voon@...el.com>,
	Song Yoong Siang <yoong.siang.song@...el.com>,
	Lai Peter Jun Ann <peter.jun.ann.lai@...el.com>,
	Choong Yong Liang <yong.liang.choong@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v2 2/2] net: phylink: Add module_exit_stub()

On Thu, Dec 21, 2023 at 04:51:09PM +0800, Gan, Yi Fang wrote:
> In delete_module(), if mod->init callback is defined but mod->exit
> callback is not defined, it will assume the module cannot be removed
> and return EBUSY. The module_exit() is missing from current phylink
> module drive causing failure while unloading it.

You are missing justification it is actually safe to remove
phylink. Maybe Russell King deliberately did not implement
module_exit() because it can explode in interesting ways if it was?

	Andrew