Re: [PATCH 1/4] UIO: hold a reference to the device's owner while the device is open

[Uwe Kleine-König]

Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> Otherwise the device might just disappear while /dev/uioX is being used
> which results in an Oops.
To help your understanding, without this patch I can trigger the Oops
by starting an app that does

	opening and mmapping /dev/uio0
	while(1);

and then in another shell do 

	rmmod uio_pdrv

Best regards
Uwe

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