Increasing the module ref count at registration will block the module from
ever being unloaded. In fact, genetlink should not care about the owner at
all. This patch removes the owner field from the struct registered with
genetlink.
Signed-off-by: Per Liden [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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On Fri, 2006-13-01 at 09:27 +0100, Per Liden wrote:
Increasing the module ref count at registration will block the module from
ever being unloaded. In fact, genetlink should not care about the owner at
all. This patch removes the owner field from the struct registered with
genetlink.
* Per Liden [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2006-01-13 09:27
Increasing the module ref count at registration will block the module from
ever being unloaded. In fact, genetlink should not care about the owner at
all. This patch removes the owner field from the struct registered with
genetlink.
Why shouldn't
Hi Thomas,
On Fri, 13 Jan 2006, Thomas Graf wrote:
* Per Liden [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2006-01-13 09:27
Increasing the module ref count at registration will block the module from
ever being unloaded. In fact, genetlink should not care about the owner at
all. This patch removes the owner field
From: Jamal Hadi Salim [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 09:30:27 -0500
On Fri, 2006-13-01 at 09:27 +0100, Per Liden wrote:
Increasing the module ref count at registration will block the module from
ever being unloaded. In fact, genetlink should not care about the owner at
all. This
the owner
field for users of those modules (not for gennetlink to increment) but
lets worry about that in the future.
I don't have a copy of this patch in my inbox, can someone
resend it to me? Thanks.
Resending.
/Per
[PATCH] genetlink: don't touch module ref count
Increasing the module
From: Per Liden [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 21:56:53 +0100 (CET)
On Fri, 13 Jan 2006, David S. Miller wrote:
From: Jamal Hadi Salim [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 09:30:27 -0500
On Fri, 2006-13-01 at 09:27 +0100, Per Liden wrote:
Increasing the module ref
From: Per Liden [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 21:56:53 +0100 (CET)
Signed-off-by: Per Liden [EMAIL PROTECTED]
BTW, don't do this, it should be a perfectly functioning
email address so that people can contact you.
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On Fri, 13 Jan 2006, David S. Miller wrote:
From: Per Liden [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 21:56:53 +0100 (CET)
Signed-off-by: Per Liden [EMAIL PROTECTED]
BTW, don't do this, it should be a perfectly functioning
email address so that people can contact you.
Ok, sorry, I'll
