[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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