Re: [PATCH] s390 (2/7): common i/o layer.

[viro]

On Mon, Oct 06, 2003 at 05:37:04PM +0200, Martin Schwidefsky wrote:
> 
> > You can still have a reference to the object when the module is unloaded.
> >
> > unregistered != last reference is gone
> 
> Hmpf, I think I see the problem now. We'd need to wait in the module
> exit function until the release function for the root device has been
> called. Can't say I like it but it's probably the easiest way out.

That's a trivial deadlock.  You _can't_ do that sysfs.  Static kobject in
a module is a bug.  Period.
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