Re: rmmod -a does not unload unused modules in 2.2.x
Khimenko Victor (khim@sch57.msk.ru)
Mon, 22 Nov 1999 14:41:44 +0300 (MSK)
In <19991122115524.A162@bcs.zp.ua> Andrew V. Samoilov (sav@bcs.zp.ua) wrote:
> Keith Owens wrote:
> : On Sun, 21 Nov 1999 21:08:44 +0200,
> : "Andrew V. Samoilov" <sav@bcs.zp.ua> wrote:
: >>Some time ago here was a discussion about kerneld and Linux 2.2.x kernels.
: >>I remember it was proposed to use a 'rmmod -a' from cron to unload unused
: >>modules. But it doesn't work at least for 2.2.10 and 2.2.13 kernels.
> :
> : It does for me. rmmod -a only gets rid of modules marked as autoclean,
> : the modules have to be loaded with modprobe -k or insmod -k before
> : rmmod -a will remove them. Does lsmod say autoclean against these
> : modules?
> Yes, it's so...
> $ lsmod
> Module Size Used by
> $ insmod -k iBCS
> $ lsmod
> Module Size Used by
> iBCS 119100 0 (autoclean)
> $ rmmod -a
> $ lsmod
> Module Size Used by
> iBCS 119100 0 (autoclean)
Hey, just ONE `rmmod -a` ! You need TWO (exactly two: first call will mark them
as "Ok to unload" and second call will really unload them)...
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