Re: [patch-2.4.0-test5-pre4] fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c cleanup (module related)

From: Keith Owens (kaos@ocs.com.au)
Date: Mon Jul 24 2000 - 07:59:23 EDT

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On Mon, 24 Jul 2000 12:34:52 +0100 (BST),
Tigran Aivazian <tigran@veritas.com> wrote:
>can a module's
>cleanup routine be invoked while the module is in use?

Not from module.c. All calls to free_module() are checked for
__MOD_IN_USE() first. I have seen explicit calls to free_module() from
some hacking code but that is when the user knows that they want to
force remove a module. Patch is fine.

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