Re: [bisected] Re: Module removal-related regression?

[Dmitry Torokhov]

On Sat, Sep 9, 2017 at 12:27 PM, Jakub Kicinski <kubakici@xxxxx> wrote:
> On Sat, 9 Sep 2017 19:41:21 +0200, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
>> Hi!
>>
>> I'm having trouble with modules on linux/master.  rmmod succeeds but the
>> module is still loaded and the refcount goes to 1:
>>
>> #rmmod nfp; insmod ./src/nfp.ko nfp_pf_netdev=0 ; \
>>       /opt/netronome/bin/nfp-hwinfo -n 2  assembly.partno \
>>       lsmod | grep nfp; \
>>       rmmod nfp; \
>>       lsmod | grep nfp
>> nfp                   249856  0
>> nfp                   200704  1
>>
>> If I rmmod again the module will be actually unloaded.  The user space
>> is mostly Ubuntu 14.04.  Has anyone seen this?  I'm trying to bisect
>> now...
>
> Got 'em!
>
> commit 1455cf8dbfd06aa7651dcfccbadb7a093944ca65 (HEAD, refs/bisect/bad)
> Author: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@xxxxxxxxx>
> Date:   Wed Jul 19 17:24:30 2017 -0700
>
>     driver core: emit uevents when device is bound to a driver

Does it happen with all modules or only nfp one?

It seems to work here:

dtor@dtor-glaptop3:~ $ lsmod | grep psmouse
psmouse               135168  0
dtor@dtor-glaptop3:~ $ sudo rmmod psmouse
dtor@dtor-glaptop3:~ $ lsmod | grep psmouse
dtor@dtor-glaptop3:~ $ sudo modprobe psmouse

Thanks.

-- 
Dmitry