[ofa-general] Re: [RFC] [PATCH v3] IB/ipoib: Add bonding support to IPoIB

[Michael S. Tsirkin]

> Quoting Moni Shoua <monisonlists at gmail.com>:
>
> > Where does the claim that module unload is unsafe by definition
> > come from? Weren't the races solved in 2.6 with the new in-kernel
> > loader?
>
> Well, what happens with bonding and IPoIB speaks for itself, doesn't it?

Not to my eyes.

> If I can unload a module that is being referenced from the outside

This just means there's a bug in the specific module(s).
In this case it is either ipoib or bonding module (or both).

> then I am not protected by the kernel from doing something wrong.

Yes, this is really fundamental in kernel programming.
That's what makes it interesting.

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