[openib-general][PATCH][kdapl]: inc/dec module ref count

[James Lentini]

On Fri, 29 Jul 2005, Guy German wrote:

> Hi James,
>
> That's an interesting point.
> I don't know why the ib_mthca can be rmmod-ed at any
> time, without dependencies (I guess it's a trusted env.
> issue).

Is it a hotplug issue?

> I need to check what happens if you rmmod ib_mthca and
> then calling ia_close. It supposed to decrement
> the ref count even on failure from the hca.
>
> Any way I think that in a production level kernel
> you are not supposed to do rmmod AT ALL.

I wasn't aware of that convention.