Philipp Rumpf wrote:
>
> On Sat, Oct 28, 2000 at 09:37:28AM -0400, Brian Gerst wrote:
> > Philipp Rumpf wrote:
> > > - you can't copy_(from|to)_user in the module exit function (which would
> > > be copies from/to rmmod anyway)
> >
> > Unfortunately, you need to be able to use copy_*_user() from the network
> > ioctls, and this is the center of the current issue.
>
> You misunderstood. The network ioctls aren't module_exit functions, so
> copy_*_user in them is fine.
Yes, but they can be called (and sleep) with module refcount == 0. This
is because the file descripter used to perform the ioctl isn't directly
associated with the network device, thereby not incrementing the
refcount on open.
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Brian Gerst
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