[openib-general] module refcounting

Roland Dreier roland at topspin.com
Mon Jan 24 08:05:36 PST 2005


    Michael> Not sure how important it is for sm (probably only root
    Michael> runs it), but for other ulps I think you dont want a
    Michael> regular user to be able to prevent root from unloading
    Michael> the driver, right?

Why not?  Everything works that way.  For example, if I run xmms then
my sound driver can't be unloaded.  Root could always use lsof or
something and kill and processes causing problems if need be.

 - R.



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