On Mon, Jun 26, 2000 at 11:15:44AM +0100, David Woodhouse wrote:
> prumpf@uzix.org said:
> > Yes. schedule() out of a zero-refcount module is a bug. In fact,
> > it's quite easy to make it a BUG() as well:
>
> That's nice but not sufficient - just _being_ in a zero-refcount module is a
> bug, if you don't have the BKL or the unload_lock.
Most of this thread is/was about how you can make it perfectly legal (if
you synchronize things across all CPUs for module unload). Right now I
agree it's always a bug but I don't think anyone disagrees the current
(pre-inc/dec use count in upper layer) mechanisms are broken.
Philipp
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